Increment vs Raise - What's the difference?

Raise is a synonym of increment.

Raise is a antonym of increment.

As nouns the difference between increment and raise

is that increment is the action of increasing or becoming greater while raise is an increase in wages or salary; a rise UK.

As verbs the difference between increment and raise

is that increment is to increase by steps or by a step, especially by one while raise is to cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

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.

Usage notes

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

Antonyms

* decrement

raise

English

Verb

(rais)

(label) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

# To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

#* Bible, (w) xxxix. 3

I will raise forts against thee.

# To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

# (label) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

# (label) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.

# (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.

(label) To create, increase or develop.

# To collect.

# To bring up; to grow; to promote.

# To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

# (label) To create; to constitute (a use , or a beneficial interest in property).

# (label) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

#* Bible, (w) xviii. 18.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.

#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

(label) To exponentiate, to involute.

To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

Synonyms

* lift

Derived terms

* raise Cain * raise fire * raise one's eyebrows * raise someone's consciousness * raise the alarm * raise the roof * raised by wolves * raised in a barn

Noun

(en noun)

(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).

The boss gave me a raise .

(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

(poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.

Derived terms

* lateral raise * leg raise

Anagrams

External links

* ("raise" on Wikipedia) English causative verbs English contranyms English ergative verbs 1000 English basic words