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population growth vs increase

increase vs population growth

population growth and increase both are nouns.

population growth is not a verb while increase is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
population growth Yes No No No
increase Yes No Yes No
As nouns, increase is a hypernym of population growth; that is, increase is a word with a broader meaning than population growth:
  • population growth: increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
  • increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
Other hypernyms of population growth include growth, increment.
population growth (noun) increase (noun)
increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state the act of increasing something
the amount by which something increases
a change resulting in an increase
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
a quantity that is added
population growth (verb) increase (verb)
become bigger or greater in amount
make bigger or more
Difference between population growth and increase

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