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Deplete vs Decrease - What's the difference?

deplete | decrease |

As verbs the difference between deplete and decrease

is that deplete is to empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

deplete

English

Verb

(deplet)
  • To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
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    • Its reserves have been invaded and depleted .

    Antonyms

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    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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