payment vs deposit

deposit vs payment

payment and deposit both are nouns.

payment is not a verb while deposit is a verb.

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

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

payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
deposit: a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

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, down payment, satisfaction, credit, deferred payment, cash, immediate payment.

payment (noun)	deposit (noun)
the act of paying money	the act of putting something somewhere
an act of requiting; returning in kind	a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged	a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
	the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
	a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
	money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
	money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
	the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

payment (verb)	deposit (verb)
	put, fix, force, or implant
	put (something somewhere) firmly
	put into a bank account

Difference between payment and deposit

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