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increase vs shoot up

shoot up vs increase

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

increase and shoot up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
increase Yes No Yes No
shoot up No No Yes No
As verbs, shoot up is a hyponym of increase; that is, shoot up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than increase:
  • increase: become bigger or greater in amount
  • shoot up: rise dramatically
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, climb, mount, rise, wax, full, wax, crescendo, swell.
increase (noun) shoot 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) shoot up (verb)
become bigger or greater in amount rise dramatically
make bigger or more
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