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increase vs accumulate

accumulate vs increase

increase is a noun but accumulate is not a noun.

increase and accumulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
increase Yes No Yes No
accumulate No No Yes No
As verbs, accumulate is a hyponym of increase; that is, accumulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than increase:
  • increase: become bigger or greater in amount
  • accumulate: increase in amount by collecting or gathering
Other hyponyms of increase include accrue, spike, add to, gain, gather, explode, irrupt, pyramid, snowball, 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) accumulate (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) accumulate (verb)
become bigger or greater in amount increase in amount by collecting or gathering
make bigger or more get or gather together
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