progressive vs increasing

progressive is a noun but increasing is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
progressive	Yes	Yes	No	No
increasing	No	Yes	No	No

progressive (noun)	increasing (noun)
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

progressive (adjective)	increasing (adjective)
favoring or promoting progress	becoming greater or larger
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases	(music) increasing in tempo and/or volume
advancing in severity
gradually advancing in extent
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position