On jlpt grammar list n3 i found ippou da and bakari da,but i don’t really get
the difference. I know that they both need the dictionary form but still is
there a certain difference betweeen them or do they overlap in some cases?
“Ippou da” means to continue doing something “Bakari da” also seems to mean to
continue doing something
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What is the difference between “ippou da” (一方だ) and “bakari da”(ばかりだ)?
Both may describe something undesirable continues all the way, but `Vする一方だ`
implies **escalation** , and `Vするばかりだ` does not. In this sense, you can
replace `Vする一方だ` with `（ますます／どんどん）Vするばかりだ`.

If the verb already has a cumulative meaning, then the two expressions make no
difference.

> 死傷者は増える一方だ。 = 死傷者は増えるばかりだ。  
>  _Casualties keep on increasing._

Otherwise, these two would not be interchangeable.

> 子どもはおびえる一方だ。 _The child only gets more and more frightened._
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> 子どもはおびえるばかりだ。 _The child can do nothing but being frightened._
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