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What is the difference between incremental and increment?

incremental | increment |

Increment is a derived term of incremental.

Increment is a related term of incremental.



As an adjective incremental

is pertaining to an increment.

As a noun increment is

the action of increasing or becoming greater.

As a verb increment is

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

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

    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