budget vs cost

budget

noun
  • The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe. 

  • An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue. 

  • A relatively small amount of available money. 

adj
  • Appropriate to a restricted budget. 

verb
  • To plan for the use of in a budget. 

  • To construct or draw up a budget. 

  • To provide funds, allow for in a budget. 

cost

noun
  • Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. 

  • Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. 

  • A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. 

  • A cottise. 

verb
  • To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. 

  • To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. 

  • To calculate or estimate a price. 

  • To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. 

How often have the words budget and cost occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )