deposit vs payment

payment vs deposit

deposit and payment both are nouns.

deposit is a verb but payment is not a verb.

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

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

deposit: a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

deposit (noun)	payment (noun)
the act of putting something somewhere	the act of paying money
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping	an act of requiting; returning in kind
a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met	a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
matter that has been deposited by some natural process
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

deposit (verb)	payment (verb)
put, fix, force, or implant
put (something somewhere) firmly
put into a bank account

Difference between deposit and payment

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