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Decrease vs Deduction - What's the difference?

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Decrease is a related term of deduction.


As nouns the difference between decrease and deduction

is that decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased while deduction is deduction (all meanings).

As a verb decrease

is of a quantity, to become smaller.

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

    deduction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
  • A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
    • You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .
  • (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
  • A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
    • He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
  • The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
    • Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.