Decrease vs Subsidence - 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 .
The process of becoming less active or severe
* Bishop Warburton
A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion
Decrease is a related term of subsidence.
As nouns the difference between decrease and subsidence
is that decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased while subsidence is the process of becoming less active or severe.As a verb decrease
is of a quantity, to become smaller.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 , risesubsidence
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Noun
(wikipedia subsidence)- The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.