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Costly vs Antique - What's the difference?

costly | antique |

As adjectives the difference between costly and antique

is that costly is of high cost; expensive while antique is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.

As a noun antique is

an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.

As a verb antique is

(label) to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.

costly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of high cost; expensive.
    • a costly activity
    a costly error
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.}}

    Antonyms

    * costlessly

    Anagrams

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    antique

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
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    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}

    Related terms

    {{rel3, ancient , antic , antiquary , antiquarian , antiquated , antiquity}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.
  • An old person.

    • Verb

    (antiqu)
  • (label) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
  • (label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.

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