balance of payments vs current account

balance of payments and current account both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balance of payments	Yes	No	No	No
current account	Yes	No	No	No

balance of payments (noun)	current account (noun)
a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year	that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
	a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand