balance vs negative balance

negative balance vs balance

balance and negative balance both are nouns.

balance is a verb but negative balance is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balance	Yes	No	Yes	No
negative balance	Yes	No	No	No

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

balance: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
negative balance: an account balance in which debits exceed credits, and the customer owes the bank money.

Other hyponyms of balance include balance of trade, trade balance, trade gap, visible balance, carry-forward, carry-over, compensating balance, offsetting balance, invisible balance, debit balance, credit balance, positive balance.

balance (noun)	negative balance (noun)
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity	an account balance in which debits exceed credits, and the customer owes the bank money.
a weight that balances another weight
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
something left after other parts have been taken away
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium

balance (verb)	negative balance (verb)
hold or carry in equilibrium
compute credits and debits of an account
bring into balance or equilibrium
be in equilibrium

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