credit vs payment

payment vs credit

credit and payment both are nouns.

credit is a verb but payment is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
credit	Yes	No	Yes	No
payment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, payment is a hypernym of credit; that is, payment is a word with a broader meaning than credit:

credit: arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

credit (noun)	payment (noun)
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours	the act of paying money
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise	an act of requiting; returning in kind
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments	a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
approval
an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
money available for a client to borrow

credit (verb)	payment (verb)
have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
give someone credit for something
ascribe an achievement to
enter as credit

Difference between credit and payment

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