cost vs direct cost

direct cost vs cost

cost and direct cost both are nouns.

cost is a verb but direct cost is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cost	Yes	No	Yes	No
direct cost	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, direct cost is a hyponym of cost; that is, direct cost 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
direct cost: costs that can easily be associated with a particular cost object.

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, disbursement, expense, capital expenditure, 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.

cost (noun)	direct cost (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	costs that can easily be associated with a particular cost object.
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)	direct cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and direct cost

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