Trend describing tool

Verb Noun
rise a rise
increase an increase
grow a growth
progress a progress

The overall sale of the shop has increased by 20% at the end of the year.
There was a growth in the earning of the people of the town at the end of the decade.
There was an increase of the temperature of the coast.

Verb Noun
fall a fall
drop a drop
decrease a decrease
decline a decline

There was a 25% drop in the workforce of the company.

There was a fall of the price of the gasoline in 2015 which was less than $10.
A decline occurred after April and the sale reached to 500 for the next quarter.
The company’s product price increased and there was a decrease of the loss it was
bearing.

Verb Noun
rocket/skyrocket a leap
soar a jump
leap an upsurge
surge a boom
bounce

By 2020 the elderly Vietnamese population is predicted to skyrocket 100% within

five years.
 plunge a plunge
plummet a plummet
dive a dive
sink a sink
crash a crash
tumble

At this point the number of cases remained stable until 1984 before plummeting to 10 by
2000.

Adverb Adjective
Degree of changes:
Dramatic
Dramatically
Sharp
Sharply
Substantial
Substantially
Considerable
Considerably
Rapid change Significant
Significantly
Speed of changes:
Rapid
Rapidly
Swift
Swiftly
Sudden
Suddenly
Moderately Moderate
Gradually Gradual
Moderate change
Progressively Progressive
Sequentially Sequential
Slightly Slight
Slowly Slow
Slight change Mildly Mild
Modestly Modest
Gently Gentle