multiplication vs increment

multiplication and increment both are nouns.

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

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

multiplication: a multiplicative increase
increment: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

Other hypernyms of multiplication include growth, increase.

multiplication (noun)	increment (noun)
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed	the amount by which something increases
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
a multiplicative increase