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increase vs accrue

accrue vs increase

increase is a noun but accrue is not a noun.

increase and accrue both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
increase Yes No Yes No
accrue No No Yes No
As verbs, accrue is a hyponym of increase; that is, accrue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than increase:
  • increase: become bigger or greater in amount
  • accrue: grow by addition
Other hyponyms of increase include spike, add to, gain, gather, explode, irrupt, pyramid, snowball, accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up, add, deepen, intensify, compound, deepen, heighten, intensify, grow, pullulate, widen, appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue, broaden, shoot up, climb, mount, rise, wax, full, wax, crescendo, swell.
increase (noun) accrue (noun)
the act of increasing something
the amount by which something increases
a change resulting in an increase
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
a quantity that is added
increase (verb) accrue (verb)
become bigger or greater in amount grow by addition
make bigger or more come into the possession of
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