Demote vs Decrease - What's the difference?

demote | decrease |

In lang=en terms the difference between demote and decrease

is that demote is to relegate while decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller.

As verbs the difference between demote and decrease

is that demote is to lower the rank or status of something while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

demote

English

Verb

(demot)

To lower the rank or status of something.

To relegate.

Antonyms

* (lower the rank of ): promote

Anagrams

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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

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