Increases and Tells

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Tells and increases are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tells" instead a verb "Increases".

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Increases and tells are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increases" instead a verb "Tells".

He says he's been mugged by a gang of youths, but the number increases every time he tells the story.

Source: Series / Only Fools and Horses
Guitar Hero and Rock Band play with this by having a "Rock Meter" (Guitar Hero) or "Crowd Meter" (Rock Band) that tells you how much the crowd is liking your performance; it increases with notes hit and decreases with notes missed.

Source: Life Meter
Kyubey flat out tells Merlin and Nimue in A History Of Magic that the Incubators instigate wars because strife increases the amount of girls willing to become Puella Magi, thus giving the Incubators more energy to meet their quota.

Source: War for Fun and Profit

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