Chart Vocabulary

⁕ 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

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

⁕ 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

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

⁕ Steadily
⁕ Gradually
⁕ Sharply
⁕ Dramatically
⁕ Rapidly
⁕ Significantly
⁕ Slightly
⁕ Moderately
⁕ Marginally
⁕ Suddenly
⁕ Constantly
⁕ Consistently
⁕ Slowly
⁕ Minimally

⁕ 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

⁕ 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

⁕ 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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