cost vs portage

portage vs cost

cost and portage both are nouns.

cost is a verb but portage is not a verb.

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

As nouns, portage is a hyponym of cost; that is, portage 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
portage: the cost of carrying or transporting

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, handling cost, marketing cost, production cost, replacement cost, physical value, reproduction cost, unit cost, damage, price, terms, price, opportunity cost, charge, transaction cost, cost of quality, quality cost, direct cost.

cost (noun)	portage (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	carrying boats and supplies overland
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something	overland track between navigable waterways
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor	the cost of carrying or transporting

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

Difference between cost and portage

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