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Decrease vs Injure - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between decrease and injure

is that decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller while injure is to do injustice to.

As verbs the difference between decrease and injure

is that decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller while injure is to wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

As a noun decrease

is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

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

    injure

    English

    (injury)

    Verb

    (injur)
  • To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • To damage or impair.
  • To do injustice to.

    • Synonyms

    * harm * damage * hurt * disfigure * wound * mar * impair

    Antonyms

    * praise * help * preserve * benefit

    Related terms

    * injurious * injury