Increasing
Increasing adjective - Becoming greater or larger.
Rising is a synonym for increasing in becoming larger topic. In some cases you can use "Rising" instead an adjective "Increasing".
Rising
Rising adjective - Sloping upward.
Increasing is a synonym for rising in climbing topic. You can use "Increasing" instead an adjective "Rising".
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- It's a Cyclical Trope in the media and stories, rising and ebbing with increasing and lowered international tensions, as a result of poor diplomatic relations, sanctions, and wars and revolutions.
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Humans around the world are using 100% of the arable land in all the world with less and less crops each year due to the increasing cloud cover (a result of the rising ocean levels).
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And, in defiance of rising petroleum costs and geometrically increasing complexity, a Transformer purchased in 2011 costs about the same as it did in 1996.
Source: Doing It for the Art
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