Expense and Operating cost

Expense noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

Operating cost and expense are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Operating cost" with "Expense", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: expend, expensive, expensively, expensed, expensing

Operating cost noun - The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes.

Expense and operating cost are semantically related. You can use "Expense" instead a noun phrase "Operating cost".