increment vs accumulation

accumulation vs increment

increment and accumulation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, accumulation is a hyponym of increment; that is, accumulation 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
accumulation: an increase by natural growth or addition

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

increment (noun)	accumulation (noun)
the amount by which something increases	the act of accumulating
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important	several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
	an increase by natural growth or addition

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