Annual Percentage Yield
The rate you can earn on an account over a year and it includes compound gains.
Compound gains are gains from reinvestment strategy to generate larger returns.
APR by contrast does not account for compounding
DeFi
The two measurements are merely projections and estimations.
Even short-term advantages are difficult to forecast with accuracy.
DeFi will have to construct its own profit calculations. Weekly or even daily expected returns may make more sense due to DeFi’s rapid pace