cost vs capital expenditure

capital expenditure vs cost

cost and capital expenditure both are nouns.

cost is a verb but capital expenditure is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cost	Yes	No	Yes	No
capital expenditure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, capital expenditure is a hyponym of cost; that is, capital expenditure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cost:

cost: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
capital expenditure: the cost of long-term improvements

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, disbursement, expense, payment, ransom, ransom money, cost overrun, cost of living, borrowing cost, distribution cost, handling charge, handling cost, marketing cost, production cost, replacement cost, physical value, reproduction cost, unit cost, damage, price, terms, price, opportunity cost, portage, charge, transaction cost, cost of quality, quality cost, direct cost.

cost (noun)	capital expenditure (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the cost of long-term improvements
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

cost (verb)	capital expenditure (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and capital expenditure

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