Diminution vs Decreasement - What's the difference?
diminution | decreasement |
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
(music) The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme.
(rare) The action or process of decreasing; a decrease; diminution.
(rare) That by which something is decreased or diminished; a decrement.
*1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems , Dialogue 2:
*:... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent
As nouns the difference between diminution and decreasement
is that diminution is a lessening, decrease or reduction while decreasement is (rare) the action or process of decreasing; a decrease; diminution.diminution
English
Noun
(en noun)- The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.