Profit
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To benefit (sb), be of use to (sb). To benefit, gain. To take advantage of, exploit, use.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).
Example sentence: No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.
Gain
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To acquire possession of what one did not have before.To increase.To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of gaining.What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
Example sentence: We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.