increment vs pullulation

pullulation vs increment

increment and pullulation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pullulation is a hyponym of increment; that is, pullulation 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
pullulation: a rapid and abundant increase

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

increment (noun)	pullulation (noun)
the amount by which something increases	a rapid and abundant increase
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important	asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual

Difference between increment and pullulation

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