distribute vs increase

distribute

verb
  • To scatter or spread. 

  • To have employees working remotely from multiple locations. 

  • To supply to retail outlets. 

  • To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. 

  • To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. 

  • To deliver or pass out. 

  • To divide into portions and dispense. 

  • To classify or separate into categories. 

  • To be distributive. 

  • To apportion (more or less evenly). 

  • To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 

increase

verb
  • To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax. 

  • To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. 

  • To make (a quantity, etc.) larger. 

  • (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater. 

noun
  • The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting). 

  • For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger 

  • Offspring, progeny 

  • An amount by which a quantity is increased. 

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