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Exorbitant vs Costly - What's the difference?

exorbitant | costly |

As adjectives the difference between exorbitant and costly

is that exorbitant is exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high while costly is of high cost; expensive.

exorbitant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high.
    • It's a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.
    You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.
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    • costly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of high cost; expensive.
    • a costly activity
    a costly error
  • * {{quote-news
    • , 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

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