fee vs tuition

fee and tuition both are nouns.

fee is a verb but tuition is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fee	Yes	No	Yes	No
tuition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tuition is a hyponym of fee; that is, tuition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fee:

fee: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
tuition: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)

Other hyponyms of fee include anchorage, cellarage, commission, contingency fee, dockage, docking fee, drop-off charge, admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission, finder's fee, legal fee, license fee, license tax, licensing fee, lighterage, lockage, mintage, moorage, origination fee, pipage, poundage, consideration, retainer, seigniorage, toll, truckage, tuition fee, quayage, wharfage, rezoning fee, zoning change fee.

fee (noun)	tuition (noun)
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services	teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
an interest in land capable of being inherited	a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)

fee (verb)	tuition (verb)
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

Difference between fee and tuition

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.