down payment vs security deposit

down payment and security deposit both are nouns.

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

As nouns, security deposit is a hyponym of down payment; that is, security deposit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than down payment:

down payment: a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
security deposit: the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

Other hyponyms of down payment include margin.

down payment (noun)	security deposit (noun)
a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later	the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

down payment vs security deposit

down payment and security deposit both are nouns.

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