The difference between Increase and Shrinkage

When used as nouns, increase means an amount by which a quantity is increased, whereas shrinkage means the act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

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 Shrinkage

  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. Shrinkage as a noun:

    The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

  2. Shrinkage as a noun:

    The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.

  3. Shrinkage as a noun (slang):

    The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: