Increase and Upper hand

Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).

Upper hand and increase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upper hand" instead a noun "Increase".

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

Upper hand noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.

Increase and upper hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead a noun phrase "Upper hand".