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Destigmatize vs Decrease - What's the difference?

destigmatize | decrease |

In lang=en terms the difference between destigmatize and decrease

is that destigmatize is to remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from while decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller.

As verbs the difference between destigmatize and decrease

is that destigmatize is to remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

destigmatize

English

Verb

  • to remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from.
  • * 1999 , Thomas Stephen Szasz, Fatal freedom: the ethics and politics of suicide
  • Before we can destigmatize suicide — assuming that is what we want to do — we must acknowledge that killing oneself is still an intensely stigmatized act...

    Antonyms

    * stigmatize

    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