marginal cost vs cost

cost vs marginal cost

marginal cost and cost both are nouns.

marginal cost is not a verb while cost is a verb.

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

As nouns, cost is a hypernym of marginal cost; that is, cost is a word with a broader meaning than marginal cost:

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

Other hypernyms of marginal cost include monetary value, price.

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

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

Difference between marginal cost and cost

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