Increment vs. Increasement

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  • Increment (noun)

    The action of increasing or becoming greater.

  • Increment (noun)

    The waxing of the moon.

  • Increment (noun)

    The amount of increase.

  • Increment (noun)

    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.”

  • Increment (noun)

    The amount of time added to a player’s clock after each move.

  • Increment (noun)

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

  • Increment (verb)

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

  • Increasement (noun)

    An increase; growth.

  • Increasement (noun)

    An increment; an addition; augmentation.

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