Skip to main content

Difference between Make a claim for something and Make a claim to something

make a claim for somethingdemand compensation payment (under an insurance contract):

  • If you send a parcel that becomes lost or damaged … you may wish to make a claim for compensation.

make a claim to something—(also: make a claim on something)

1. assert one’s right to smth.:

  • Japan made a claim to this territory and argued that it was illegally occupied.

2. allege or aver smth.:

  • As I am not an anthropologist, sociologist or historian, I make no claim to understanding culture from any of those perspectives.