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Augmented vs Diminished - What's the difference?

augmented | diminished |

In music|lang=en terms the difference between augmented and diminished

is that augmented is (music) increased by a semitone while diminished is (music) reduced by a semitone.

As adjectives the difference between augmented and diminished

is that augmented is increased in number, amount or strength while diminished is lessened, reduced.

As verbs the difference between augmented and diminished

is that augmented is (augment) while diminished is (diminish).

augmented

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • increased in number, amount or strength.
  • (music) increased by a semitone.

    • Derived terms

    * augmented amicable pair * augmented assignment * augmented Backus-Naur form * augmented chord * augmented dodecahedron * augmented feedback * augmented fifth * augmented hexagonal prism * augmented matrix * augmented pentagonal prism * augmented polyhedron * augmented reality * augmented sixth * augmented sixth chord * augmented social network * augmented sphenocorona * augmented transition network * augmented triangular prism * augmented tridiminished isocahedron * augmented truncated cube * augmented truncated dodecahedron * augmented truncated tetrahedron * augmented Tchebycheff function

    Related terms

    * augmentation

    Verb

    (head)
  • (augment)

    • diminished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (diminish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lessened, reduced.
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  • (music) reduced by a semitone