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payment vs cost

cost vs payment

payment and cost both are nouns.

payment is not a verb while cost is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
payment Yes No No No
cost Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cost is a hypernym of payment; that is, cost is a word with a broader meaning than payment:
  • payment: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
  • cost: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
payment (noun) cost (noun)
the act of paying money the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
an act of requiting; returning in kind value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
payment (verb) cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
Difference between payment and cost

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