terminology

Hi,

I got myself a bit confused when going through some of the past F9 questions recently, and wondered if you could clarify these terms for me please?

Would I be correct in saying that “PBIT”, “operating profit” and “net profit” are all terms that mean exactly same thing as each other? My confusion here is that I thought net profit was profit after interest and tax, until I checked the answers to the question.

Also, would I be correct in saying that “profit for the year” , “profit after interest and tax” and “earnings” are the same thing? When I saw the figure for earnings in question JJG Co (June 09) it took me a while to figure out exactly what they meant!

Thanks for your help.