The difference between Increase and Increment

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

When used as verbs, increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, whereas increment means to increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

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  1. 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."

  2. Increase as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

  3. Increase as a verb:

    To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

  4. Increase as a verb (astronomy, intransitive):

    To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

    Examples:

    "The Moon increases."

  1. Increase as a noun:

    An amount by which a quantity is increased.

  2. Increase as a noun:

    For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

  3. Increase as a noun (knitting):

    The creation of one or more new stitches; 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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