cost vs worth

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. 

worth

noun
  • An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time. 

  • Value. 

  • Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions. 

  • Merit, excellence. 

adj
  • Deserving of. 

  • Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. 

  • Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating. 

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