increment vs physical process

increment and physical process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
increment	Yes	No	No	No
physical process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physical process is a hypernym of increment; that is, physical process is a word with a broader meaning than increment:

increment: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
physical process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Other hypernyms of increment include process.

increment (noun)	physical process (noun)
the amount by which something increases	a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important