cost vs terms

cost and terms both are nouns.

cost is a verb but terms is not a verb.

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

As nouns, terms is a hyponym of cost; that is, terms 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
terms: the amount of money needed to purchase something

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, price, opportunity cost, portage, charge, transaction cost, cost of quality, quality cost, direct cost.

cost (noun)	terms (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	the amount of money needed to purchase something
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something	status with respect to the relations between people or groups
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

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

Difference between cost and terms

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