The difference between Increase and Loss

When used as nouns, increase means an amount by which a quantity is increased, whereas loss means an instance of losing, such as a defeat.

Increase is also verb with the meaning: (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater.

check bellow for the other definitions of Increase and Loss

  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. Loss as a noun:

    an instance of losing, such as a defeat

    Examples:

    "The match ended in their first loss of the season."

  2. Loss as a noun:

    The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.

    Examples:

    "Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite."

    "In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.'' [[File:In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.ogg]]"

  3. Loss as a noun:

    the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone, particularly in death.

    Examples:

    "We mourn his loss."

  4. Loss as a noun (in the plural):

    casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict

    Examples:

    "The battle was won, but losses were great."

  5. Loss as a noun (financial):

    the sum an entity loses on balance

    Examples:

    "The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive."

  6. Loss as a noun:

    destruction, ruin

    Examples:

    "It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses"

  7. Loss as a noun (engineering):

    electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work

    Examples:

    "The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid"

  1. Loss as a verb (colloquial):

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