grant-in-aid vs grant

grant-in-aid and grant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grant-in-aid	Yes	No	No	No
grant	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, grant is a hypernym of grant-in-aid; that is, grant is a word with a broader meaning than grant-in-aid:

Other hypernyms of grant-in-aid include subsidisation, subsidization.

As nouns, grant is a hypernym of grant-in-aid; that is, grant is a word with a broader meaning than grant-in-aid:

Other hypernyms of grant-in-aid include subsidisation, subsidization.

grant-in-aid (noun)	grant (noun)
a grant from a central government to a local government	the act of providing a subsidy
a grant to a person or school for some educational project	a right or privilege that has been granted
	a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
	any monetary aid
	(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

grant-in-aid (verb)	grant (verb)
	be willing to concede
	allow to have
	let have
	transfer by deed
	give as judged due or on the basis of merit
	give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
	bestow, especially officially