Aggrandize vs Decrease - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between aggrandize and decrease

is that aggrandize is to increase or become great while decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller.

As verbs the difference between aggrandize and decrease

is that aggrandize is to make great; to enlarge; to increase while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

aggrandize

English

Alternative forms

* aggrandise (mainly British)

Verb

(aggrandiz)

To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.

* Prescott

his scheme for aggrandizing his son

To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

(Charles Lamb)

To increase or become great.

decrease

English

Verb

(decreas)

Of a quantity, to become smaller.

To make (a quantity) smaller.

Synonyms

* (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

Antonyms

* (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

Noun

(en noun)

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

Synonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Antonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , rise

Anagrams

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