The difference between Enlargement and Increment
When used as nouns, enlargement means the act of making something larger, whereas increment means the action of increasing or becoming greater.
Increment is also verb with the meaning: to increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
check bellow for the other definitions of Enlargement and Increment
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Enlargement as a noun:
The act of making something larger.
Examples:
"Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement."
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Enlargement as a noun (figuratively):
A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
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Enlargement as a noun:
An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
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Enlargement as a noun (obsolete):
Freedom from confinement; liberty.
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Enlargement as a noun:
Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
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Increment as a noun:
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
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Increment as a noun (heraldry):
The waxing of the moon.
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Increment as a noun:
The amount of increase.
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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."
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Increment as a noun (chess):
The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
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Increment as a noun (grammar):
A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
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Increment as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.