payment vs quittance

quittance vs payment

payment and quittance both are nouns.

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

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

payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
quittance: payment of a debt or obligation

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, repayment, token payment, penalty, pittance, insurance premium, premium, installment, deposit, down payment, satisfaction, credit, deferred payment, cash, immediate payment.

payment (noun)	quittance (noun)
the act of paying money	payment of a debt or obligation
an act of requiting; returning in kind	a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

Difference between payment and quittance

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