This is really a sticky subject because you’re combining what amounts to basically three different subjects here: economics, finance, and accounting…all of which use a lot of the same terms to mean sometimes very different things.
And it doesn’t help that multiple words are used to describe the same thing (especially finance. There’s at least two names for everything in finance. Seriously.) So really, again, the question is why do you care?..meaning, what exactly is the bottom line you’re trying to get to? Do you have some actual consequential reason for needing to reach a conclusion here, or is it just for its own sake? Do you just want to expand your knowledge of one or all of these worlds? If that’s the case you’ll have to decide how interested you really are, because there is plenty to keep you busy.
Capital - Need some help understanding
What Capital, according to Böhm-Bawerk?
What is ‘capital consumption’?
and probably most precise: