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Symposium vs Stipend - What's the difference?

symposium | stipend |

As nouns the difference between symposium and stipend

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

As a verb stipend is

to provide (someone) with a stipend.

symposium

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
  • (in ancient Greece ) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.
  • 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.