cost vs expense

expense vs cost

cost and expense both are nouns.

cost and expense both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, disbursement, 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)	expense (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	a detriment or sacrifice
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	money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

cost (verb)	expense (verb)
be priced at	reduce the estimated value of something
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and expense

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