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Diminished vs Decreased - What's the difference?

diminished | decreased |

As verbs the difference between diminished and decreased

is that diminished is past tense of diminish while decreased is past tense of decrease.

As an adjective diminished

is lessened, reduced.

diminished

English

Verb

(head)
  • (diminish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lessened, reduced.
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  • (music) reduced by a semitone

    • decreased

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decrease)

    • 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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