Decrease vs Depreciate - What's the difference?
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Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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 .
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
* (rfdate) Cudworth
* (rfdate) Burke
To decline in value over time.
To belittle.
Decrease is a related term of depreciate.
In lang=en terms the difference between decrease and depreciate
is that decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller while depreciate is to belittle.As verbs the difference between decrease and depreciate
is that decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller while depreciate is to lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.As a noun decrease
is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.decrease
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Verb
(decreas)Synonyms
* (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduceAntonyms
* (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkageAntonyms
* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , risedepreciate
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Verb
(depreciat)- some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate .
- To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.