The difference between Increase and Wane

When used as nouns, increase means an amount by which a quantity is increased, whereas wane means a gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

When used as verbs, increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, whereas wane means to progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.

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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. Wane as a noun:

    A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

  2. Wane as a noun:

    The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

  3. Wane as a noun (literary):

    The end of a period.

    Examples:

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  4. Wane as a noun (woodworking):

    A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

  1. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

  2. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

  3. Wane as a verb (intransitive, astronomy):

    Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

  4. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of a time period that comes to an end.

  5. Wane as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

  6. Wane as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cause to decrease.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  1. Wane as a noun (Scotland, slang):

    A child.

  1. Wane as a noun (chiefly, Northern England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    A house or dwelling.

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