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Increment vs Accumulation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between increment and accumulation

is that increment is the action of increasing or becoming greater while accumulation is the act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.

As a verb increment

is to increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

increment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  • * Woodward
    • the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies
  • * Coleridge
    • A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
  • (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
  • The amount of increase.
  • (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, think on these things."

    • Derived terms

    * incremence (rare) * incremental

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
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    • Usage notes

    * Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.

    Antonyms

    * decrement

    accumulation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  • The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
    • an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
  • A mass of something piled up or collected.
  • (legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  • (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
  • (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

    • Synonyms

    * (accounting) retained earnings

    Antonyms

    * decumulation