payment vs blood money

blood money vs payment

payment and blood money both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
payment	Yes	No	No	No
blood money	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blood money is a hyponym of payment; that is, blood money is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than payment:

payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
blood money: paid to a hired murderer

Other hyponyms of payment include royalty, bonus, incentive, overpayment, underpayment, subscription, regular payment, recompense, refund, conscience money, support payment, reward, bribe, payoff, residual, benefit, lump sum, final payment, payoff, remission, remitment, remittal, remittance, quittance, repayment, token payment, penalty, pittance, insurance premium, premium, installment, deposit, down payment, satisfaction, credit, deferred payment, cash, immediate payment.

payment (noun)	blood money (noun)
the act of paying money	compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
an act of requiting; returning in kind	a reward for information about a murderer
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged	paid to a hired murderer

Difference between payment and blood money

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