Increase and Upgrade

Increase

Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Upgrade and increase are semantically related in addition topic. In some cases you can use "Upgrade" instead the word "Increase" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like improve, improvement.

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

Upgrade

Upgrade noun - An upward slope.

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Increase and upgrade are semantically related in improve topic. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead the word "Upgrade" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: upgrading, upgraded, upgradable

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Common collocations

ability	increase ability	upgrade ability
skill	increase skill	upgrade skill
capacity	increase capacity	upgrade capacity
power	increase power	upgrade power
Other words: force, rate, range, speed, level, size, health, security, intelligence, damage, defense, rates, points, powers, abilities, stats.

Both words in one sentence

He gets an upgrade that allows him to use it on multiple targets and yet another that increases the chance of getting a rare item, but both increase the likelihood of negative effects occuring.

Source: Deadly Upgrade
This wasn't necessarily an upgrade in actual power, but it did increase the price of the item (especially with the least power-relevant enchantment — making it antique).

Source: Equipment Upgrade
Upgrade Artifact: Several can be found and used on characters/weapons to increase their power.

Source: Video Game / Dawn Of The Dragons

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