payment vs credit

credit vs payment

payment and credit both are nouns.

payment is not a verb while credit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
payment	Yes	No	No	No
credit	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
credit: arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

Other hyponyms of payment include royalty, bonus, incentive, overpayment, underpayment, subscription, regular payment, blood money, 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, deferred payment, cash, immediate payment.

payment (noun)	credit (noun)
the act of paying money	recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
an act of requiting; returning in kind	used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged	an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
	approval
	an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
	arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
	an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
	money available for a client to borrow

payment (verb)	credit (verb)
	have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
	give someone credit for something
	ascribe an achievement to
	enter as credit

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