financial assistance vs financial aid

financial assistance and financial aid both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

financial assistance (noun)	financial aid (noun)
gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause	gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause