product vs yield

product

noun
  • Anything that is produced; a result. 

  • Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity. 

  • Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. 

  • A commodity offered for sale. 

  • Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user. 

  • A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers. 

  • A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. 

  • The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. 

  • Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. 

  • A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. 

yield

noun
  • A product; the quantity of something produced. 

  • Profit earned from an investment; return on investment. 

  • The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuke, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent. 

  • The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond. 

verb
  • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. 

  • To produce as a result. 

  • To give, or give forth, (anything). 

  • To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law. 

  • To produce as return, as from an investment. 

  • To give way; to succumb to a force. 

  • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate. 

  • To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation. 

  • To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. 

  • To give way; to allow another to pass first. 

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