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Increase vs. Multiply — What's the Difference?

Increase vs. Multiply — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Increase and Multiply

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Increase

To become greater or larger.

Multiply

To increase the amount, number, or degree of.

Increase

To multiply; reproduce.

Multiply

(Mathematics) To perform multiplication on.

Increase

To make greater or larger.
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Multiply

To grow in amount, number, or degree
Shops multiplied along the main street.

Increase

The act of increasing
A steady increase in temperature.

Multiply

To increase in number by reproducing
"The people increased both in the dales and the plains, and their horses multiplied" (J.R.R. Tolkien).

Increase

The amount or rate by which something is increased
A tax increase of 15 percent.

Multiply

(Mathematics) To perform multiplication.

Increase

(Obsolete) Reproduction and spread; propagation.

Multiply

In many or multiple ways.

Increase

(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.

Multiply

(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).

Increase

(transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

Multiply

To perform multiplication on (a number).
When you multiply 3 by 7, you get 21;
He multiplied several numbers

Increase

To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

Multiply

(intransitive) To grow in number.

Increase

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
The Moon increases.

Multiply

(intransitive) To breed or propagate.

Increase

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

Multiply

To perform multiplication.
He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first.

Increase

For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

Multiply

To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).

Increase

Offspring, progeny

Multiply

(computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.

Increase

(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

Multiply

In many or multiple ways.

Increase

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; - opposed to decrease.
The waters increased and bare up the ark.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
The heavens forbidBut that our loves and comforts should increase,Even as our days do grow!

Multiply

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.

Increase

To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.

Multiply

To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

Increase

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

Multiply

To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

Increase

To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.
I will increase the famine.
Make denialsIncrease your services.

Multiply

To become greater in number; to become numerous.
When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them.

Increase

Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
As if increase of appetite had grownBy what it fed on.
For things of tender kind for pleasure madeShoot up with swift increase, and sudden are decay'd.

Multiply

To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
The word of God grew and multiplied.

Increase

That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase.
Let them not live to taste this land's increase.

Multiply

To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

Increase

Progeny; issue; offspring.
All the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

Multiply

Combine by multiplication;
Multiply 10 by 15

Increase

Generation.

Multiply

Combine or increase by multiplication;
He managed to multiply his profits

Increase

The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; - said of the moon.
Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in the increase of the moon.

Multiply

Have young (animals);
Pandas rarely breed in captivity

Increase

A quantity that is added;
There was an addition to property taxes this year
They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks

Multiply

Have offspring or young;
The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly
The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be

Increase

A change resulting in an increase;
The increase is scheduled for next month

Multiply

In several ways; in a multiple manner;
They were multiply checked for errors

Increase

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;
The increase in unemployment
The growth of population

Increase

The amount by which something increases;
They proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare

Increase

The act of increasing something;
He gave me an increase in salary

Increase

Become bigger or greater in amount;
The amount of work increased

Increase

Make bigger or more;
The boss finally increased her salary
The university increased the number of students it admitted

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