grant vs financial assistance

grant and financial assistance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, financial assistance is a hypernym of grant; that is, financial assistance is a word with a broader meaning than grant:

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

Other hypernyms of grant include aid, assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid.

grant (noun)	financial assistance (noun)
the act of providing a subsidy	gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
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 (verb)	financial assistance (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