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Benefaction vs Gratuity - What's the difference?

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Benefaction is a related term of gratuity.


As nouns the difference between benefaction and gratuity

is that benefaction is an act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing while gratuity is a reward, service, or payment provided freely, without obligation.

benefaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
  • * 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , Oxford 2008, p. 70:
  • We all feel that sleep is a benefaction to our psychical life, and the obscure awareness of the popular mind is clearly unwilling to be robbed of its prejudice that the dream is one of the ways in which sleep confers its benefactions.
  • An act of charity; almsgiving.
  • gratuity

    English

    Noun

    (gratuities)
  • A reward, service, or payment provided freely, without obligation.
  • (common usage ) An additional charge placed for services rendered; see also: service fee.
  • Synonyms

    * contribution * cumshaw * donation * gift * grace