Definitions
- Describing something that is expensive or has a high cost. - Referring to the quality of being costly or requiring a significant amount of money. - Talking about the financial burden or expense associated with something.
- Describing something that is costly or requires a significant amount of money. - Referring to the quality of being expensive or having a high price. - Talking about the financial burden or expense associated with something.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words describe something that is expensive or requires a significant amount of money.
- 2Both words can be used to talk about the financial burden or expense associated with something.
- 3Both words are nouns that refer to the quality of being costly or expensive.
What is the difference?
- 1Usage: Costliness is less commonly used than expensiveness.
- 2Connotation: Expensiveness has a more negative connotation than costliness.
- 3Formality: Costliness is considered more formal than expensiveness.
- 4Focus: Costliness emphasizes the high cost or expense of something, while expensiveness focuses more on the high price of something.
- 5Derivation: Costliness is derived from the adjective costly, while expensiveness is derived from the adjective expensive.
Remember this!
Costliness and expensiveness are synonyms that both describe something that is expensive or requires a significant amount of money. However, costliness is less commonly used and considered more formal than expensiveness. Additionally, costliness emphasizes the high cost or expense of something, while expensiveness focuses more on the high price of something and has a more negative connotation.
