augmentation vs increase

augmentation and increase both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of augmentation include step-up.

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

augmentation (noun)	increase (noun)
the act of augmenting	the act of increasing something
the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)	the amount by which something increases
the amount by which something becomes greater	a change resulting in an increase
	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
	a quantity that is added

augmentation (verb)	increase (verb)
	become bigger or greater in amount
	make bigger or more