grant vs grant-in-aid

grant-in-aid vs grant

grant and grant-in-aid both are nouns.

grant is a verb but grant-in-aid is not a verb.

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

As nouns, grant-in-aid is a hyponym of grant; that is, grant-in-aid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grant:

grant: the act of providing a subsidy
grant-in-aid: a grant from a central government to a local government

Other hyponyms of grant include award, awarding, block grant.

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

grant (verb)	grant-in-aid (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

Difference between grant and grant-in-aid

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