Difference between Expensive and Costly

EXPENSIVE vs COSTLY: ADJECTIVE

Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
Marked by high prices.
Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal
Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish.
Having a high price or cost
Taking a lot of system time or resources
High in price or charging high prices

Costly; requiring or entailing much expense: as, an expensive dress or equipage; an expensive family; expensive tastes or habits.
Free in expending; liberal; extravagant; lavish.

In a costly manner; expensively; richly; gorgeously.
Synonyms Precious, etc. See valuable.
Lavish; extravagant.
Of great price; acquired, done, or practised at much cost, as of money, time, trouble, etc.; expensive; rich; occasioning great expense or expenditure: as, a costly habit; costly furniture; costly vices.

Affordable, Consuming, Cheap, Unaffordable, Cumbersome, Prohibitive, Inexpensive, Dearly won, Big ticket, High priced, Dear, Overpriced, Pricy, Costly, Pricey

Unaffordable, Difficult, Uneconomical, Cost, Wasteful, Onerous, Prohibitive, Burdensome, Cumbersome, Dearly won, High priced, Dear, Pricy, Pricey, Expensive

Affordable, Consuming, Cheap, Unaffordable, Cumbersome, Prohibitive, Inexpensive, High priced, Dearly won, Big ticket, Dear, Overpriced, Pricy, Costly, Pricey

Unaffordable, Difficult, Uneconomical, Cost, Wasteful, Onerous, Prohibitive, Burdensome, Cumbersome, High priced, Dearly won, Dear, Pricy, Pricey, Expensive

Wrong choices in this realm get very expensive.
Really not expensive and a security for yourself.
The more expensive the car, the more expensive the fee.
The typical payday loan is more than twice as expensive as a credit card late fee and much more expensive than paying bills late.
In Florida, leases are less expensive to register and more expensive to renew because of the taxing structure outlined in the state statutes.
Until now your options were limited to enterprise, expensive paired with lucky, or enterprise paired with more expensive.
The most expensive link is only seven times the cost of the least expensive.
We ranked our cities from least expensive to most expensive to give you a snapshot of nursing home costs by location.
Arbitration can be more expensive than negotiation or mediation, but it is often less expensive than litigation.
For this reason, flashy and expensive bikes that are high theft targets will be more expensive to insure.

One unlikely war disease, tuberculosis, was especially costly.
This approach can be both costly and invasive.
Small Claims Court is the least costly option.
Typos, missed letters, and mistakes can be costly.
The reality is assisted living can be costly.
But it is too costly there in India.
But litigation is a costly and timely remedy.
That can end up as a costly oversight.
However, this procedure is extremely complex and costly.
VHA expected the VISN structure to improve efficiency by reducing duplicative services and shifting services from costly inpatient care to less costly outpatient care.