Increase and Puffing up

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

Puffing up and increase are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Puffing up" with "Increase", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental

Increase and puffing up are semantically related in extend topic. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead a verb "Puffing up", if it concerns topics such as become larger.