Increment vs. Increasement

Increment vs. Increasement — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Increment and Increasement

Incrementnoun

The action of increasing or becoming greater.

Increasementnoun

(rare) An increase; growth.

Incrementnoun

(heraldry) The waxing of the moon.

Increasementnoun

(rare) An increment; an addition; augmentation.

Incrementnoun

The amount of increase.

Incrementnoun

(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."

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Incrementnoun

(chess) The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.

Incrementnoun

(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

Incrementverb

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

Incrementnoun

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

the increase in unemploymentthe growth of population

Incrementnoun

the amount by which something increases;

they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare