assistance vs grant

grant vs assistance

assistance and grant both are nouns.

assistance is not a verb while grant is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assistance	Yes	No	No	No
grant	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, grant is a hyponym of assistance; that is, grant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assistance:

assistance: gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
grant: any monetary aid

Other hyponyms of assistance include public assistance, social welfare, welfare, philanthropic gift, philanthropy, scholarship, fellowship, foreign aid, traineeship.

assistance (noun)	grant (noun)
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose	the act of providing a subsidy
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do	a right or privilege that has been granted
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause	a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
	any monetary aid
	(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

assistance (verb)	grant (verb)
	be willing to concede
	allow to have
	let have
	transfer by deed
	give as judged due or on the basis of merit
	give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
	bestow, especially officially

Difference between assistance and grant

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