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Decrease vs Dec - What's the difference?

decrease | dec |

Dec is a abbreviation of decrease.



In knitting terms the difference between decrease and dec

is that decrease is 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 Decrease (knitting) while dec is decrease.

As a verb decrease

is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease

is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

As a proper noun Dec is

an alternative spelling of Dec.|lang=en.

As an abbreviation dec is

declared.

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

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs English heteronyms 1000 English basic words

    dec

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * English abbreviations