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Scholarship vs Fund - What's the difference?

scholarship | fund |

As nouns the difference between scholarship and fund

is that scholarship is a grant-in-aid to a student while fund is a sum or source of money.

As a verb fund is

to pay for.

scholarship

English

Noun

(wikipedia scholarship) (en noun)
  • A grant-in-aid to a student.
  • The character or qualities of a scholar.
  • The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
  • (uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
  • (Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
  • Synonyms

    * (money to assist a student to study) allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary * (character of a scholar) * (activity of a scholar) * (knowledge accrued by the activity of scholars)

    fund

    English

    (wikipedia fund)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sum or source of money.
  • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
    a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
  • An organization managing such money.
  • A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
  • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  • A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
  • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
  • * Macaulay
  • an inexhaustible fund of stories

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * balanced fund * bond fund * closed-end fund * equity fund * feeder fund * fund of funds * growth fund * hedge fund * income fund * index fund * load fund * master fund * mutual fund * open-end fund * no-load fund * pension fund * stock fund * trust fund

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pay for.