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increase vs pile up

pile up vs increase

increase is a noun but pile up is not a noun.

increase and pile up both are verbs.

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