adjustment vs cost-of-living allowance

cost-of-living allowance vs adjustment

adjustment and cost-of-living allowance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjustment	Yes	No	No	No
cost-of-living allowance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cost-of-living allowance is a hyponym of adjustment; that is, cost-of-living allowance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adjustment:

adjustment: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
cost-of-living allowance: an allowance for changes in the consumer price index

Other hyponyms of adjustment include depreciation allowance, deduction, discount, seasonal adjustment, tare, extra duty allowance, extraneous duty allowance, special duty allowance.

adjustment (noun)	cost-of-living allowance (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	an allowance for changes in the consumer price index
the act of adjusting something to match a standard
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Difference between adjustment and cost-of-living allowance

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