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Incremental vs Accumulative - What's the difference?

incremental | accumulative |

As adjectives the difference between incremental and accumulative

is that incremental is incremental while accumulative is characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

incremental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an increment.
  • Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

    • Derived terms

    * incrementalism * incrementalist * incrementalize * incrementally

    accumulative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.
  • Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

    • Derived terms

    * accumulatively * accumulativeness