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Stipend vs Bounty - What's the difference?

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Stipend is a related term of bounty.


As nouns the difference between stipend and bounty

is that stipend is a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance while bounty is generosity.

As a verb stipend

is to provide (someone) with a stipend.

stipend

Noun

(en noun)
  • a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance
  • My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.

    Synonyms

    * allowance

    Coordinate terms

    * pocket money

    Derived terms

    * stipendiary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide (someone) with a stipend.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 122:
  • *:As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself.
  • bounty

    English

    Noun

    (bounties)
  • generosity
  • something given liberally
  • A reward for some specific act, especially one given by a government or authority
  • (nautical) formerly, money paid to volunteers for serving in the British navy in time of war
  • Derived terms

    * bounty hunter