financial aid vs assistance

financial aid and assistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
financial aid	Yes	No	No	No
assistance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, financial aid and assistance are synonyms defined as:

financial aid and assistance: gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

Other synonyms of financial aid include aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial assistance.

financial aid (noun)	assistance (noun)
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause	the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
	a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
	gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause