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amount vs increase

increase vs amount

amount and increase both are nouns.

amount and increase both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
amount Yes No Yes No
increase Yes No Yes No
As nouns, increase is a hyponym of amount; that is, increase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amount:
  • amount: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  • increase: the amount by which something increases
Other hyponyms of amount include positiveness, positivity, negativeness, negativity, critical mass, quantity, increment, decrease, decrement, smallness, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, margin, figure, number.
amount (noun) increase (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify the act of increasing something
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion the amount by which something increases
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers a change resulting in an increase
a quantity of money a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
a quantity that is added
amount (verb) increase (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality become bigger or greater in amount
add up in number or quantity make bigger or more
be tantamount or equivalent to
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