increase vs climb

climb vs increase

increase and climb both are nouns.

increase and climb both are verbs.

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

As verbs, climb is a hyponym of increase; that is, climb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than increase:

increase: become bigger or greater in amount
climb: go up or advance

Other hyponyms of increase include accrue, 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, mount, rise, wax, full, wax, crescendo, swell.

increase (noun)	climb (noun)
the act of increasing something	the act of climbing something
the amount by which something increases	an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
a change resulting in an increase	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
a quantity that is added

increase (verb)	climb (verb)
become bigger or greater in amount	go up or advance
make bigger or more	increase in value or to a higher point
	improve one's social status
	go upward with gradual or continuous progress
	move with effort, by grasping
	slope upward

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