Common Language of Change

Going up
Verb
Noun
Present Verb Past Verb Past Participle
n/a (to) go up went up (has) gone up
(an) upward trend (to) go upward went upward (has) gone upward
(a) rise (to) rise rose (has) risen
(an) increase (to) increase increased (has) increased
(a) recovery (to) recover recovered (has) recovered
(an) improvement (to) improve improved (has) improved
n/a (to) shoot up shot up (has) shot up
n/a (to) rocket rocketed (has) rocketed
(a) growth (to) grow grew (has) grown

Going down
Verb
Noun
Present Verb Past Verb Past Participle
n/a (to) go down went down (has) gone down
(a) downward trend (to) go downward went downward (has) gone downward
(a) fall (to) fall fell (has) fallen
(a) drop (to) drop dropped (has) dropped
(a) dip (to) dip dipped (has) dipped
(a) decline (to) decline declined (has) declined
n/a (to) plummet plummeted (has) plummeted
n/a (to) plunge plunged (has) plunged
(a) decrease (to) decrease decreased (has) decreased

Going steady
Verb
Noun
Present Verb Past Verb Past Participle
n/a (to) remain steady remained steady (has) remained steady
n/a (to) remain constant remained constant (has) remained constant
n/a (to) remain the same remained the same (has) remained the same
n/a (to) hover hovered (has) hovered
n/a (to) level off levelled off (has) levelled off
n/a (to) level out levelled out (has) levelled out
n/a (to) reach a plateau reached a plateau (has) reached a plateau

Others
Verb
Noun
Present Verb Past Verb Past Participle
n/a (to) reach a peak reached a peak (has) reached a peak
n/a (to) peak peaked (has) peaked
n/a (to) be at a peak was/were at a peak been at a peak
n/a (to) hit a low hit a low (has) hit a low
n/a (to) hit a trough hit a trough (has) hit a trough
n/a (to) stand stood (has) stood
(a) fluctuation (to) fluctuate fluctuated (has) fluctuated
n/a (to) overcome overcame (has) overcame
n/a (to) overtake overtook (has) overtook
n/a (to) exceed exceeded (has) exceeded

Modifiers
Big/Fast change Small/Slow change
Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs
significant significantly slight slightly
considerable considerably moderate moderately
marked markedly marginal marginally
dramatic dramatically steady steadily
sharp sharply gradual gradually
substantial substantially limited n/a
steep steeply
noticeable noticeably
abrupt abruptly
rapid rapidly

Other Modifiers
Adjectives Adverbs
wild wildly
fluctuative fluctuatively
erratic erratically
fitful fitfully
uncontrollable uncontrollably