cost vs handling cost

handling cost vs cost

cost and handling cost both are nouns.

cost is a verb but handling cost is not a verb.

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

As nouns, handling cost is a hyponym of cost; that is, handling 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
handling cost: the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)

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, 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)	handling cost (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
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)	handling cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and handling cost

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