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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