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Decrease vs Downtown - What's the difference?

decrease | downtown |

As nouns the difference between decrease and downtown

is that decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased while downtown is (chiefly|us) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town.

As a verb decrease

is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As an adjective downtown is

of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area.

As an adverb downtown is

in, or towards the downtown area; southward.

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

    downtown

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
  • John walked everyday to his downtown job.

    See also

    * uptown * oldtown

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in, or towards the downtown area; southward
  • You need to go downtown four blocks.
  • (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
  • That shot came from way downtown!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
  • Synonyms

    * (business center of a city)

    Synonyms

    * CBD, central business district, city (Australia ) ----