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Deteriorating vs Declining - What's the difference?

deteriorating | declining |

As verbs the difference between deteriorating and declining

is that deteriorating is present participle of lang=en while declining is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective deteriorating

is getting worse.

As a noun declining is

decline.

deteriorating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • getting worse

    • Synonyms

    * sour * worsen

    Antonyms

    * improving

    Verb

    (head)

    • declining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • decline
  • * John Whitgift
    • For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.