Decrease vs Forlighten - What's the difference?
decrease | forlighten |
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 decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.
*1892 , William Shepard Walsh, Handy-book of literary curiosities'':
In lang=en terms the difference between decrease and forlighten
is that decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller while forlighten is to decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.As verbs the difference between decrease and forlighten
is that decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller while forlighten is to decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.As a noun decrease
is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.decrease
English
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 , riseforlighten
English
Verb
(en verb)- For to forlighten with his sheen Those sitting sad, in darkest blindness, In death's cold shade.