Deaden vs Decrease - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between deaden and decrease

is that deaden is to make soundproof while decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller.

In intransitive terms the difference between deaden and decrease

is that deaden is to become less lively; to diminish (by itself) while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

deaden

English

Verb

(en verb)

To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

To make soundproof.

decrease

English

Verb

(decreas)

Of a quantity, to become smaller.

To make (a quantity) smaller.

Synonyms

* (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

Antonyms

* (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

Noun

(en noun)

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

Synonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Antonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , rise

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