Difference between Increase and Heightening

INCREASE vs HEIGHTENING: NOUN

The amount by which something increases
A change resulting in an increase
A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
A quantity that is added
The act of increasing.
The amount or rate by which something is increased.
Reproduction and spread; propagation.
The amount or number added to the original stock, or by which the original stock is augmented; increment; profit; interest; produce; issue; offspring.
In astronomy, the period of increasing light or an increasing luminous phase; the waxing, as of the moon.
The act of increasing something
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
The twixt of a rifle groove in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the muzzle.
The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
A growing larger, as in size, number, quantity, degree, etc.; augmentation; enlargement; extension; multiplication.
Progeny; issue; offspring.
That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Generation.

To become greater or larger.
To multiply; reproduce.
To make greater or larger.
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.
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
A function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a monotonically increasing function.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate.

To become greater in any respect; become enlarged, extended, or multiplied; grow or advance in size, quantity, number, degree, etc.; augment; multiply; wax, as the moon.
To make greater in any respect; enlarge or extend in bulk, quantity, number, degree, etc.; add to; enhance; aggravate: opposed to diminish.
(idiom) (on the increase) Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence.

Escalation, Boost, Improvement, Higher, Doubling, Upsurge, Spike, Decline, Rise, Decrease, Step up, Addition, Increment, Gain, Growth

Raise, Enhanced, Escalate, Accentuating, Enhancing, Worsening, Escalating, Raising, Deepening, Increasing, Exacerbating, Stoking, Building, Rising, Intensifying

Expand, Rising, Surge, Boost, Improvement, Higher, Doubling, Spike, Decline, Rise, Decrease, Addition, Increment, Gain, Growth

Strengthening, Raise, Enhanced, Escalate, Enhancing, Worsening, Escalating, Raising, Deepening, Increasing, Exacerbating, Stoking, Building, Rising, Intensifying

Two ways to increase your net worth are to increase your assets or decrease your liabilities.
Every time we increase the level of connectivity, we increase the possibility that we can be compromised.
The increase concentration of COand other green house gases are expected to increase the temperature of the earth.
Ironically, because premiums for plans may increase, the federal government would increase the amount it pays in tax credits to offset the premium increases.
An increase in production system outage duration can drastically increase costs due to, for example, higher idle time of machines in factories.
Peripheral deposition has also been shown to increase with an increase in tidal volume and a decrease in respiratory frequency.
This increase has led to global warming, an increase in temperatures around the world, the Greenhouse Effect.
When that period ends, the interest rate can increase or decrease, but will generally increase.
The interest rate can increase after consummation and your payments would increase accordingly.
This would enormously shorten run time, increase sensitivity, and dramatically increase throughput.

Live images and streaming media are heightening our sensitivity to news.
Sensation as a perceiving mode of consciousness focuses on heightening reality.
Health care workers wore masks, heightening fears in the mouth.
Manhattanville proposal, concerned with heightening rent prices and business displacement.
It is a brilliant touch in creating and heightening suspense.
Signs of heightening trade credit risk in the US.
This later repetition generally involves a heightening of significance.
Foreigners Tribunals, heightening concerns about any planned nationwide process.
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