furtherance vs increase

furtherance

noun
  • The act of furthering or helping forward 

  • Promotion. 

  • Advancement or progress. 

increase

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

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

  • Offspring, progeny 

  • An amount by which a quantity is increased. 

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

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

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

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

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