accession vs increase

increase vs accession

accession and increase both are nouns.

accession and increase both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accession	Yes	No	Yes	No
increase	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, increase is a hypernym of accession; that is, increase is a word with a broader meaning than accession:

accession: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

Other hypernyms of accession include growth, increment.

accession (noun)	increase (noun)
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)	the act of increasing something
the right to enter	the amount by which something increases
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)	a change resulting in an increase
something added to what you already have	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement	a quantity that is added
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

accession (verb)	increase (verb)
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library	become bigger or greater in amount
	make bigger or more

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