cost vs disbursement

disbursement vs cost

cost and disbursement both are nouns.

cost is a verb but disbursement is not a verb.

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

As nouns, disbursement is a hyponym of cost; that is, disbursement 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
disbursement: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, 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, direct cost.

cost (noun)	disbursement (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the act of spending or disbursing money
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something	amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

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

Difference between cost and disbursement

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