Increase
Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).
Usage example: shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase
Loss
Loss noun - The amount by which something is lessened.
Usage example: was determined to stay on the diet until he showed a loss of 10 pounds
Nearby Word: losing
How words are described
| net | net increase | net loss |
| total | total increase | total loss |
| considerable | considerable increase | considerable loss |
| small | small increase | small loss |
| Other adjectives: actual, massive, large, big, huge, slow, little, slight, gradual, permanent, major, immediate, general, minor, temporary, further, significant, inevitable, rapid, recent, sudden, resulting. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost.
Source: Nature Abhors a Virgin -
Sheppard has it brought in to increase productivity, considering the deaths of the workers to be an acceptable loss.
Source: Film / Outland - Kent Brockman News: The girl watches a newscaster talking nonchalantly about the increase of "premature death and possible loss of soul" among Soak-and-Spin customers.
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