Bloat vs Shrink - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between bloat and shrink

is that bloat is to become distended; to swell up while shrink is to draw back; to withdraw.

As verbs the difference between bloat and shrink

is that bloat is to cause to become distended while shrink is to cause to become smaller.

As nouns the difference between bloat and shrink

is that bloat is distention of the abdomen from death while shrink is shrinkage; contraction; recoil.

As an adjective bloat

is (obsolete) bloated.

bloat

English

Verb

(en verb)

to cause to become distended

to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell

to become distended; to swell up

(Arbuthnot)

to fill with vanity or conceit

(Dryden)

to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking

bloated herring

Noun

(en noun)

distention of the abdomen from death

(figurative) wasteful use of space

Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .

(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) bloated

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References

shrink

English

Verb

To cause to become smaller.

The dryer shrank my sweater.

To become smaller; to contract.

This garment will shrink when wet.

* Francis Bacon

I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.

* Dryden

And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.

To cower or flinch.

Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.

To draw back; to withdraw.

* Milton

The Libya Hammon shrinks his horn.

(figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.

* Alexander Pope

What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right.

* Jowett (Thucyd.)

They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.

Synonyms

* (avoid an unwanted task) funk, shirk

Antonyms

* (to cause to become smaller) expand, grow, enlarge, stretch * (become smaller) expand, grow, enlarge, stretch

Noun

(en noun)

shrinkage; contraction; recoil

Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink , / That I had less to praise. — Leigh Hunt.

(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.

You need to see a shrink .

My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.

* 1994 , (Green Day),

I went to a shrink , to analyze my dreams. He said it's lack of sex that's bringing my down.''

Usage notes

* The slang sense was originally pejorative, expressing a distrust of practitioners in the field. It is now not as belittling or trivializing.

Synonyms

* head-shrinker