increment vs accretion

accretion vs increment

increment and accretion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
increment	Yes	No	No	No
accretion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, accretion is a hyponym of increment; that is, accretion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than increment:

increment: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
accretion: an increase by natural growth or addition

Other hyponyms of increment include accession, accumulation, multiplication, population growth, proliferation, pullulation, relaxation, broadening, widening.

increment (noun)	accretion (noun)
the amount by which something increases	(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important	an increase by natural growth or addition
	(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
	(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
	(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
	something contributing to growth or increase

Difference between increment and accretion

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