What's the difference between augment and increase?

How is augment different from increase?

Can augment be used in academic writing?

What is a common phrase with augment?

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augment

/ɔːɡˈment/

IELTSAcademic

verb

Increase or add to something to make it greater.

The app can augment your learning experience.
She augmented her income with freelance work.

Adinary Nuance

Distinguish augment from near-synonyms like increase and raise. Augment often implies adding parts to enhance an existing base, whereas increase is more general and raise is typically physical or level-based.

In other languages

Spanish: aumentar
Japanese: 増やす
Korean: 증가시키다
Vietnamese: tăng cường
Chinese: 增加

Common phrases

augmented realityaugment your skillsaugment incomeaugmented capacity

Synonyms

increase raise enhance expand boost

Related words

increase raise expand enhance boost

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