increment vs proliferation

proliferation vs increment

increment and proliferation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, proliferation is a hyponym of increment; that is, proliferation 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
proliferation: a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)

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

increment (noun)	proliferation (noun)
the amount by which something increases	growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important	a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)

Difference between increment and proliferation

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