cost-of-living allowance vs adjustment

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

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

As nouns, adjustment is a hypernym of cost-of-living allowance; that is, adjustment is a word with a broader meaning than cost-of-living allowance:

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

Other hypernyms of cost-of-living allowance include allowance.

cost-of-living allowance (noun)	adjustment (noun)
an allowance for changes in the consumer price index	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	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)

cost-of-living allowance vs adjustment

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

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