Chart Vocabulary

Types of Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams

➧ Bar chart

➧ Line graph

➧ Pie chart

➧ Table

➧ Histogram

➧ Scatter plot | diagram

➧ Area chart

➧ Bubble chart

➧ Flowchart

➧ Organizational chart

➧ Venn diagram

➧ Gantt chart

➧ Pictograph | Pictogram

➧ Infographic

➧ Map diagram | Heat map

Describing Changes

Increase | Rise

➧ Increase

➧ Rise

➧ Grow

➧ Climb

➧ Go up

➧ Surge

➧ Shoot up

➧ Rocket

➧ Escalate

➧ Improve

Decrease | Fall

➧ Decrease

➧ Drop

➧ Fall

➧ Decline

➧ Go down

➧ Plunge

➧ Plummet

➧ Dip

➧ Diminish

➧ Reduce

Fluctuation or No Change

➧ Fluctuate

➧ Vary

➧ Level off

➧ Remain steady

➧ Stay the same

➧ Plateau

➧ Stabilize

➧ Maintain

Other Action Verbs

➧ Represent

➧ Indicate

➧ Show

➧ Illustrate

➧ Highlight

➧ Compare

➧ Outline

➧ Account for

➧ Demonstrate

➧ Reflect

Describing Data and Features

➧ Percentage

➧ Proportion

➧ Amount

➧ Quantity

➧ Number

➧ Figure

➧ Total

➧ Segment

➧ Share

➧ Portion

➧ Rate

➧ Ratio

➧ Distribution

➧ Frequency

➧ Trend

➧ Data point

➧ Axis (X-axis / Y-axis)

➧ Key / Legend

➧ Variable

➧ Time period

➧ Value

➧ Outcome

➧ Range

➧ Category

➧ Interval

➧ Cluster

➧ Scale

➧ Label

➧ Statistic

Describing Trends and Changes

Upward

➧ Steady

➧ Gradual

➧ Sharp

➧ Dramatic

➧ Rapid

➧ Significant

➧ Noticeable

➧ Considerable

➧ Slight

➧ Moderate

Downward

➧ Steady

➧ Gradual

➧ Sharp

➧ Dramatic

➧ Sudden

➧ Slight

➧ Minor

➧ Substantial

➧ Marginal

➧ Constant

Fluctuation or Stability

➧ Unstable

➧ Irregular

➧ Stable

➧ Consistent

➧ Volatile

➧ Balanced

➧ Flat

➧ Unchanged

➧ Variable

Describing How Something Changes

➧ Steadily

➧ Gradually

➧ Sharply

➧ Dramatically

➧ Rapidly

➧ Significantly

➧ Slightly

➧ Moderately

➧ Marginally

➧ Suddenly

➧ Constantly

➧ Consistently

➧ Slowly

➧ Minimally

Math & Measurement Vocabulary

➧ Percent (%)

➧ Double | Triple

➧ Fraction | e.g., one-third, one-quarter

➧ Half | Whole | Total

➧ Average

➧ Median | Mean | Mode

➧ Maximum | Minimum

➧ High | Low

➧ Peak | Trough

➧ Increase by X%

➧ Decrease to X units

➧ Multiply | Divide

Comparative Vocabulary

➧ Higher than

➧ Lower than

➧ The same as

➧ Twice as much as

➧ More than

➧ Less than

➧ Slightly more than

➧ Considerably lower

➧ Just over | just under

➧ Roughly equal to

➧ Far higher | much lower

Technical and Descriptive Vocabulary

➧ Illustrates

➧ Depicts

➧ Emphasizes

➧ Demonstrates

➧ Accounts for

➧ Shows a relationship between…

➧ Correlation | positive, negative, none

➧ Trendline | Curve

➧ Outlier | Anomaly

➧ Overlap | Intersection

➧ Breakdown | data breakdown

➧ Projection | Forecast

➧ Segment analysis

➧ Categorization

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