accountancy vs accounting

accountancy

noun
  • The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information. 

  • A company or organisation that performs such a function. 

accounting

noun
  • The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business. 

  • A relaying of events; justification of actions. 

  • An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them. 

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