Here are some nouns and verbs that might help you add variety to your text.
[col 10 first] [table format=“1″]Verbs | Nouns | |
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For upward trends (i.e. when lines are going up on a graph) |
Rise Increase Grow Go up Improve Jump Surge Shoot up Soar Rocket Recover, stage a recovery Expand |
A rise An increase Growth An upward trend An increasing trend A rising trend An improvement A jump A surge A recovery An expansion |
For downward trends | Fall Decrease Drop Decline Go down Slump Plummet Reduce |
A fall A decrease A decline A downward trend A falling trend A decreasing trend A slump A reduction |
When things aren’t changing | Remain constant Remain stable Stay at the same level Stabilise Level out Plateau |
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When there is a frequent change | Fluctuate | Fluctuation |
When the line hits its lowest level |
Bottoms out Reaches a low Hits a low Reaches its lowest point Hits its lowest point |
Lowest level |
When the line hits its highest point | Peaks Reaches its highest point Reaches a peak |
Highest level |
We can also use a range of adjectives and adverbs to describe how the movement is occurring.
[col 8 first] [table format=“1″]Adjectives | Adverbs |
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Considerable | Considerably |
Dramatic | Dramatically |
Gradual | Gradually |
Marked | Markedly |
Moderate | Moderately |
Rapid | Rapidly |
Sharp | Sharply |
Significant | Significantly |
Slight | Slightly |
Slow | Slowly |
Steady | Steadily |
Steep | Steeply |
Sudden | Suddenly |
Now you can’t use all of these words all of the time, but with the help of this vocabulary you should be able to explain your graphs and charts in a clear and meaningful way, indicating the direction and speed/magnitude of the movement without just saying ‘went down’ and ‘went up’.