cost vs incremental cost

incremental cost vs cost

cost and incremental cost both are nouns.

cost is a verb but incremental cost is not a verb.

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

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

cost: the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
incremental cost: the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output

Other hyponyms of cost include average cost, differential cost, marginal cost, expensiveness, assessment, inexpensiveness.

cost (noun)	incremental cost (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output
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)	incremental cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and incremental cost

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