increasing vs progressive

increasing is not a noun while progressive is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
increasing	No	Yes	No	No
progressive	Yes	Yes	No	No

increasing (noun)	progressive (noun)
	a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
	a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

increasing (adjective)	progressive (adjective)
becoming greater or larger	favoring or promoting progress
(music) increasing in tempo and/or volume	(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
	advancing in severity
	gradually advancing in extent
	favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
	(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position