The difference between Increase and Plunge

When used as nouns, increase means an amount by which a quantity is increased, whereas plunge means the act of plunging or submerging.

When used as verbs, increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, whereas plunge means to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable.

check bellow for the other definitions of Increase and Plunge

  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. Plunge as a verb (transitive):

    To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.

    Examples:

    "to plunge the body into water"

  2. Plunge as a verb (figuratively, transitive):

    To cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.

    Examples:

    "to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war"

  3. Plunge as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To baptize by immersion.

  4. Plunge as a verb (intransitive):

    To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

    Examples:

    "he plunged into the river"

  5. Plunge as a verb (figuratively, intransitive):

    To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.

    Examples:

    "to plunge into debt; to plunge into controversy"

  6. Plunge as a verb (intransitive):

    To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.

  7. Plunge as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.

  8. Plunge as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).

  9. Plunge as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To overwhelm, overpower.

  1. Plunge as a noun:

    the act of plunging or submerging

  2. Plunge as a noun:

    a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)

    Examples:

    "to take the water with a plunge"

    "A plunge into the sea"

  3. Plunge as a noun (dated):

    A swimming pool

  4. Plunge as a noun (figuratively):

    the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse

  5. Plunge as a noun (slang):

    heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation

  6. Plunge as a noun (obsolete):

    an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

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