What is a description of the difference between savings and Investment?

Answer 1

INVESTMENT :

• investing: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
• money that is invested with an expectation of profit
• the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work"
• outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
• the act of putting on robes or vestments
• the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

SAVINGS :

• Saving is the conservation of money. Methods of saving include putting money aside in a bank or pension plan. Saving also includes reducing expenditures, such as recurring costs
• saving - economy: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
• saving - rescue: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
• saving - redemptive: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
• saving - preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger