quittance vs payment

quittance and payment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, payment is a hypernym of quittance; that is, payment is a word with a broader meaning than quittance:

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