The difference between Increase and Propagate

When used as verbs, increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, whereas propagate means to cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.

Increase is also noun with the meaning: an amount by which a quantity is increased.

check bellow for the other definitions of Increase and Propagate

  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. Propagate as a verb (transitive, of animals or plants):

    To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production

  2. Propagate as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space

    Examples:

    "to propagate sound or light"

  3. Propagate as a verb (transitive):

    To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate

  4. Propagate as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To multiply; to increase.

  5. Propagate as a verb (transitive):

    To generate; to produce.

  6. Propagate as a verb (biology, intransitive):

    To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants

  7. Propagate as a verb (intransitive, computing):

    To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

    Examples:

    "It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system."

  8. Propagate as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

    Examples:

    "The server propagates the password file at midnight each day."

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