cost vs ransom money

ransom money vs cost

cost and ransom money both are nouns.

cost is a verb but ransom money is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cost	Yes	No	Yes	No
ransom money	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ransom money is a hyponym of cost; that is, ransom money 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
ransom money: money demanded for the return of a captured person

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, disbursement, expense, capital expenditure, payment, ransom, 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)	ransom money (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	money demanded for the return of a captured person
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)	ransom money (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and ransom money

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