Augment vs Doubler - What's the difference?
augment | doubler |
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(grammar) To add an augment to.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
One who doubles
An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between augment and doubler
is that augment is (grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb while doubler is one who doubles.As a verb augment
is to increase; to make larger or supplement.augment
English
Verb
(en verb)- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
