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Attenuation vs Decrease - What's the difference?

attenuation | decrease |

As nouns the difference between attenuation and decrease

is that attenuation is attenuation while decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

As a verb decrease is

of a quantity, to become smaller.

attenuation

English

(wikipedia attenuation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gradual diminishing in the strength of something.
  • (physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
  • (biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
  • (botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
  • (engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.

    • Related terms

    * attenuate * tenuous * thin

    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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