What's the difference between costliness and priceyness?
Costliness
Definition:
(n.) The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that the Medicare DRG-based system had to be modified to reflect the characteristics of the younger CHAMPUS population by splitting DRG 435 to account for the increased costliness of beneficiaries younger than 21 years.
(2) But this is less an issue of costliness than it is of principle: menstrual care is health care, and should be treated as such.
(3) The proposal stemming from these assumptions financially separates curative from preventative services, regardless of its proven costliness and inefficiency.
(4) The problems attendant with measurement of maternal body composition shortterm changes during the postpartum period and under field conditions include the requirement for constancy of components, costliness of techniques, and the need for regional and whole body approaches.
(5) Costliness of the diet in time and money negatively influenced long-term maintenance (P less than 0.05).
(6) The BBC’s children’s television services and its sport department are currently based in Salford, although the decision to open a new centre in the north has been criticised, both for its costliness and over its failure to attract senior staff.
Priceyness
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Toronto Cheapest for salmon Pricey for almost everything else Canada's biggest city came out the surprise loser in our survey, with our basket of goods costing 40% more in Toronto than in Berlin.
(2) Check out Hamleys' predictions for this year's top Christmas toys , and you'll see a list dominated by pricey novelties: a breakdancing Mickey Mouse, a Barbie with an alarming fragile-looking articulated pony, a baby tablet that shoves "educational games" under your baby's nose.
(3) If I stay here" – he lives with his girlfriend in Manhattan's increasingly pricey Lower East Side – "I'm invariably going to end up hanging out with extremely rich people.
(4) It is ubiquitous, yet coveted, pricey yet just about affordable.
(5) Meat has become impossibly pricey for many families.
(6) If you leave aside Champagne, which has no serious rivals at the top end, I think you can find very good alternatives to pricey red Bordeaux, Sauternes, red and white Burgundy, northern Rhône Syrah and Châteauneuf du Pape in other countries, and sometimes within France itself.
(7) One of the chefs at Mirazur told me he likes to eat at Le Petit Port (+33 4 93 35 82 62, 4 rue du Jonquier, about £60pp) on his days off: it's a more upmarket (read pricey) bistro with local specialities.
(8) In the UK, where channels spend less on a 20-part series than CBS does on James Corden’s nightly hair gel allowance, a new show would be a pricey gamble.
(9) Paris Cheapest for wine, onions Pricey for milk, lamb, bananas paris Freelance journalist Judith Prescott (above), who has lived in the French capital for two decades, shops at supermarket chain Auchan for her husband and two daughters, and reckons her bill is around €100 a week (£79), although that doesn't include the fruit and veg she tends to buy in local markets.
(10) If these pricey pandas ever rear healthy cubs in Edinburgh Zoo, I'll dance naked down the Royal Mile.
(11) Pros: Effortless setup; plays internet radio and Napster subscription Cons: Pricey; functions can be done by cheaper rival products sonos.com
(12) But not Dimitar Berbatov – far too pricey for a low wage economy like ours.
(13) The museum is probably a nice addition for tourists, but it is also excessive in a way.” Lily, from Serbia, said that though “it was a nice representation, I do feel the price of $15 is a bit pricey, especially for Cambodians.” Neil, also from the UK, added: “The panorama is impressive, but with the main Angkor temples a few kilometres away, the trip may not be worth it for most tourists.” The writer regularly visits North Korea for academic purposes and is writing under a pseudonym
(14) I pondered this as I sat in my regrettably pricey train seat on the way to the UK's first Festival of Thrift last weekend, held in Darlington.
(15) Some of the worst losses come not from pricey insurance or energy bills, but from failing to move savings account regularly.
(16) At £360 for groups of up to six, Alex’s tour is on the pricey side but he has spent years investigating Dartmoor’s myths and legends and aims to help visitors understand why this place and its people inspired Conan Doyle.
(17) While supermarkets have been steadily cutting the cost of uniforms ( last month Aldi launched a basic uniform for £4 ), the rise of academies and free schools, which often require parents to buy pricey, branded garments from one agreed supplier, have increased the financial burden for many parents.
(18) We felt our phone bill was a bit pricey, so the next year we changed to incoming calls only.
(19) And it lends sums of £100 to £1,000 at 26.8%, which may sound pricey to the middle classes, but is one-hundreth the rate charged by the payday merchants.
(20) Have an incredibly pricey (£1,295) bookshelf on me, Ann Clwyd.