Bulge vs Increase - What's the difference?
bulge | increase |
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
To stick out from (a surface).
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
* Broome
(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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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see .
As nouns the difference between bulge and increase
is that bulge is a type of helmet while increase is an amount by which a quantity is increased.As a verb increase is
(of a quantity) to become larger.bulge
English
(wikipedia bulge)Noun
(en noun)- a bulge in a wall
- a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet
See also
*Verb
(bulg)- The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
- He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
- The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out; and a silver streak showed in the looking-glass.
- And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
Anagrams
*increase
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!
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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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