The difference between Drop and Increase
When used as nouns, drop means a small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid, whereas increase means an amount by which a quantity is increased.
When used as verbs, drop means to fall in droplets (of a liquid), whereas increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater.
check bellow for the other definitions of Drop and Increase
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Drop as a noun:
A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
Examples:
"Put three drops of oil into the mixture."
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Drop as a noun:
The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
Examples:
"On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop."
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Drop as a noun:
A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
Examples:
"That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones."
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Drop as a noun:
A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
Examples:
"I left the plans at the drop, like you asked."
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Drop as a noun:
An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
Examples:
"The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch."
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Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, Australian):
A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
Examples:
"He usually enjoys a drop after dinner."
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Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, when used with the [[definite article]] ('''the drop''')):
Alcoholic spirits in general.
Examples:
"It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine."
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Drop as a noun (Ireland, informal):
A single measure of whisky.
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Drop as a noun:
A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
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Drop as a noun (American football):
A dropped pass.
Examples:
"Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end."
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Drop as a noun (American football):
Short for drop-back or drop back.
Examples:
"The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open."
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Drop as a noun (Rugby football):
A drop-kick.
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Drop as a noun:
In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
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Drop as a noun (sports, usually with definite article "the"):
relegation from one division to a lower one
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Drop as a noun (video games, online gaming):
Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
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Drop as a noun (music):
A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax.
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Drop as a noun (US, banking, dated):
An unsolicited credit card issue.
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Drop as a noun:
The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
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Drop as a noun:
That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
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Drop as a noun (architecture):
A gutta.
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Drop as a noun:
A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.
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Drop as a noun (slang):
(With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
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Drop as a noun:
A or .
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Drop as a noun (engineering):
The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
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Drop as a noun (nautical):
The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"
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Drop as a noun:
The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To drip (a liquid).
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
Generally, to fall (straight down).
Examples:
"A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Examples:
"Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."
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Drop as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
To sink quickly to the ground.
Examples:
"'Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll."
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
To fall dead, or to fall in death.
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
Examples:
"The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):
To part with or spend (money).
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
Examples:
"I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?"
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Drop as a verb (intransitive):
To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
Examples:
"The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete."
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
Examples:
"'Drop me a note when you get to the city."
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
Examples:
"Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"
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Drop as a verb (transitive, linguistics):
To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
Examples:
"Cockneys drop their aitches."
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Drop as a verb (cricket, of a fielder):
To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
Examples:
"Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"
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Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):
To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
Examples:
"They had never dropped acid."
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
Examples:
"I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
Examples:
"I've been dropped from the football team."
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Drop as a verb (Rugby football):
To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
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Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):
To impart.
Examples:
"I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, music, computing, colloquial):
To release to the public.
Examples:
"They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays."
"That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, music):
To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
Examples:
"That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats."
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Drop as a verb (intransitive, music, colloquial):
To enter public distribution.
Examples:
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, music):
To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
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Drop as a verb (transitive):
To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
Examples:
"I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore."
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Drop as a verb (transitive, fast food):
To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
Examples:
"'Drop a basket of fries."
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Drop as a verb:
To lower; to move to a lower position.
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Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a voice):
To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
Examples:
"Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12."
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Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a sound or song):
To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
Examples:
"The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."
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Drop as a verb (intransitive, of people):
To visit informally; used with in or by.
Examples:
"'drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow"
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Drop as a verb:
To give birth to.
Examples:
"to drop a lamb"
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Drop as a verb:
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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Drop as a verb (slang, of the [[testicle]]s):
To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
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Increase as a verb (intransitive):
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
Examples:
"His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."
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Increase as a verb (transitive):
To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
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Increase as a verb:
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
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Increase as a verb (astronomy, intransitive):
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Examples:
"The Moon increases."
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Increase as a noun:
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
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Increase as a noun:
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
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Increase as a noun (knitting):
The creation of one or more new stitches; see .
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