cost vs need

cost and need both are nouns.

cost and need both are verbs.

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

As verbs, need is a hypernym of cost; that is, need is a word with a broader meaning than cost:

cost: require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
need: require as useful, just, or proper

Other hypernyms of cost include ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take.

cost (noun)	need (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something	anything that is necessary but lacking
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor	a condition requiring relief
	a state of extreme poverty or destitution

cost (verb)	need (verb)
be priced at	have need of
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice	have or feel a need for
	require as useful, just, or proper

Difference between cost and need

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