payment vs conscience money

conscience money vs payment

payment and conscience money both are nouns.

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

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

payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
conscience money: payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings

Other hyponyms of payment include royalty, bonus, incentive, overpayment, underpayment, subscription, regular payment, blood money, recompense, refund, 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)	conscience money (noun)
the act of paying money	payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings
an act of requiting; returning in kind
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

Difference between payment and conscience money

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