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multiplication vs tripling

tripling vs multiplication

multiplication and tripling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
multiplication Yes No No No
tripling Yes No No No
As nouns, tripling is a hyponym of multiplication; that is, tripling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than multiplication:
  • multiplication: a multiplicative increase
  • tripling: increase by a factor of three
Other hyponyms of multiplication include doubling, quadrupling, quintupling.
multiplication (noun) tripling (noun)
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed increase by a factor of three
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
a multiplicative increase
Difference between multiplication and tripling

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