Eclipse
Eclipse noun - A change to a lower state or level.
Usage example: the eclipse of the town from a grand seaside resort to a tacky tourist trap
Increase
Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).
How words are described
| natural | natural eclipse | natural increase |
| brief | brief eclipse | brief increase |
| total | total eclipse | total increase |
| standard | standard eclipse | standard increase |
| Other adjectives: actual, new, permanent, unexpected, extra, double, recent, sudden, global. | ||
Common collocations
| power | eclipse power | increase power |
| performance | eclipse performance | increase performance |
| score | eclipse score | increase score |
| popularity | eclipse popularity | increase popularity |
| Other words: income, sales. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- All this is at no increase in costs or downsides to the units themselves, as opposed to, say, Kanbei, whose units slightly eclipse Sturm's in brute power but cost considerably more.
Source: Lightning Bruiser / Video Games
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Increase and Eclipse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/eclipse/increase
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