philanthropy vs economic aid

philanthropy and economic aid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
philanthropy	Yes	No	No	No
economic aid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, economic aid is a hypernym of philanthropy; that is, economic aid is a word with a broader meaning than philanthropy:

philanthropy: voluntary promotion of human welfare
economic aid: gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

Other hypernyms of philanthropy include aid, assistance, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance.

philanthropy (noun)	economic aid (noun)
voluntary promotion of human welfare	gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause