Retrenchment vs Diminution - What's the difference?
retrenchment | diminution | Synonyms |
A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers.
(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible (by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work).
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
(music) The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme.
As nouns the difference between retrenchment and diminution
is that retrenchment is a reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers while diminution is a lessening, decrease or reduction.retrenchment
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(wikipedia retrenchment)Noun
(en noun)diminution
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(en noun)- The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.