Inflated vs Increasing - What's the difference?
inflated | increasing |
Filled with air or fluid
Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
(economics): In a state of higher cost.
(figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego )
(figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
Higher that the true figure
(inflate)
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As verbs the difference between inflated and increasing
is that inflated is (inflate) while increasing is .As an adjective inflated
is filled with air or fluid.As a noun increasing is
(knitting) an increase.inflated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.
- His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.
- His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.
- The inflated speech did not impress the audience.
- inflated incidence figures
Synonyms
* bloated * bulging * expanded * filled * swelled * swollen * tumid * turgid (containing excessive words) * bloated * bombastic * pompousAntonyms
* deflatedDerived terms
* hyperinflated * overinflated * underinflatedVerb
(head)increasing
English
Verb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}
Noun
(en noun)- Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.