Accrete vs Increase - What's the difference?
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To grow together, combine; to fuse.
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To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
(botany) Grown together
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(of a quantity) To become larger.
* Bible, Genesis vii. 17
* Shakespeare
To make (a quantity) larger.
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, title= To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
* Sir M. Hale
(astronomy) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
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(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see .
In transitive terms the difference between accrete and increase
is that accrete is to make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing while increase is to make (a quantity) larger.As verbs the difference between accrete and increase
is that accrete is to grow together, combine; to fuse while increase is to become larger.As an adjective accrete
is characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.As a noun increase is
an amount by which a quantity is increased.accrete
English
Verb
(accret)- Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion billion years ago.
- (Earle)
Usage notes
* (to fuse) Used with the word to .Adjective
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English
Alternative forms
* encreaseVerb
(increas)- The waters increased and bare up the ark.
- The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase , / Even as our days do grow!
Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
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- Fishes are more numerous of increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.
- The Moon increases .
Synonyms
* (become larger) go up, grow, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increment, raise, (informal) upAntonyms
* (become larger) decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make larger) cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduceDerived terms
* increasableNoun
(en noun)Philip J. Bushnell
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