Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS I SECTION III. 3 CHANGES IN QUANTITY

35. Increase -- N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation &c (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread &c (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.

36. Nonincrease, Decrease -- N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c v.; subtraction &c 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c (contraction.) 195; coarctation ; abridgment &c (shortening) 201; extenuation.