The difference between Decrease and Increment

When used as nouns, decrease means an amount by which a quantity is decreased, whereas increment means the action of increasing or becoming greater.

When used as verbs, decrease means of a quantity, to become smaller, whereas increment means to increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

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  1. Decrease as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a quantity, to become smaller.

  2. Decrease as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a quantity) smaller.

  1. Decrease as a noun:

    An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

    Examples:

    "One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.'' [[File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg]]"

  2. Decrease as a noun (knitting):

    A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

  1. Increment as a noun:

    The action of increasing or becoming greater.

  2. Increment as a noun (heraldry):

    The waxing of the moon.

  3. Increment as a noun:

    The amount of increase.

  4. Increment as a noun (rhetoric):

    An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, think on these things."

  5. Increment as a noun (chess):

    The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.

  6. Increment as a noun (grammar):

    A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

  1. Increment as a verb (intransitive, transitive):

    To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

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