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Decrease vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

decrease | eliminate |


In transitive terms the difference between decrease and eliminate

is that decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller while eliminate is
To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.

As verbs the difference between decrease and eliminate

is that decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller while eliminate is
To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.

As a noun decrease

is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

Damage vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

damage | eliminate |


In slang|lang=en terms the difference between damage and eliminate

is that damage is (slang) cost or expense while eliminate is (slang) to kill (a person or animal).

As verbs the difference between damage and eliminate

is that damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As a noun damage

is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

Irradicate vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

irradicate | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between irradicate and eliminate

is that irradicate is to root deeply while eliminate is
To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.

Impair vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

impair | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between impair and eliminate

is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As an adjective impair

is (obsolete) not fit or appropriate.

Assassinate vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

assassinate | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between assassinate and eliminate

is that assassinate is to murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As a noun assassinate

is (obsolete) assassination, murder.

Decline vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

decline | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between decline and eliminate

is that decline is while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As an adjective decline

is declined.

Emancipate vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

emancipate | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between emancipate and eliminate

is that emancipate is to set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As an adjective emancipate

is freed; set at liberty.

Eliminate vs Overlap - What's the difference?

eliminate | overlap |


As verbs the difference between eliminate and overlap

is that eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
while overlap is to extend over and partly cover something.

As a noun overlap is

something that overlaps or is overlapped.

Deplete vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

deplete | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between deplete and eliminate

is that deplete is to empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

Eliminate vs Clear - What's the difference?

eliminate | clear |


As a verb eliminate

is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As a noun clear is

(scientology) an idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.

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