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Stipend vs Honorarium - What's the difference?

stipend | honorarium |

As nouns the difference between stipend and honorarium

is that stipend is a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance while honorarium is compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.

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.
  • honorarium

    English

    Alternative forms

    * honourarium

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.