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Augment vs Deplete - What's the difference?

augment | deplete |

As verbs the difference between augment and deplete

is that augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement while deplete is to empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

As a noun augment

is in some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

augment

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To increase; to make larger or supplement.
  • The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  • (reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  • (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  • (grammar) To add an augment to.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
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    deplete

    English

    Verb

    (deplet)
  • To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
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  • Its reserves have been invaded and depleted .

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