return vs payment

payment vs return

return and payment both are nouns.

return is a verb but payment is not a verb.

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

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

return: a reciprocal group action
payment: an act of requiting; returning in kind

Other hyponyms of return include requital, retaliation, revenge, reciprocation, tit for tat.

return (noun)	payment (noun)
the act of going back to a prior location	the act of paying money
a coming to or returning home	an act of requiting; returning in kind
getting something back again	a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
a reciprocal group action
the act of someone appearing again
the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

return (verb)	payment (verb)
go back to a previous state
be restored
go back to something earlier
answer back
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
pass down
make a return
give or supply
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
return to a previous position; in mathematics
bring back to the point of departure
pay back
return in kind
give back
be inherited by
elect again

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