I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "NG+6 is NG+7" but when using NG+ in the context of consecutive playthroughs on the same character, the first playthrough (or cycle) is NG, and the plus is only added after the first cycle is completed. So NG+8 would be the ninth NG (or NG+) cycle.
Again, I don't understand what "NG+6 is NG+7" is actually supposed to mean here. If I remember right, NG+7 is where the first game stops scaling up in difficulty, which is the eighth playthrough.