Dampen vs Depress - What's the difference?
dampen | depress | Related terms |
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
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To become damp; to deaden.
To press down.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
(math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
Dampen is a related term of depress.
As verbs the difference between dampen and depress
is that dampen is to smoke, to give off smoke while depress is to press down.dampen
English
Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----depress
English
Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.