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Downsizing vs Retrench - What's the difference?

downsizing | retrench |

As verbs the difference between downsizing and retrench

is that downsizing is present participle of lang=en while retrench is to cut down or reduce.

As a noun downsizing

is an act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.

downsizing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized
  • He lost his job in the last downsizing .
  • miniaturization
  • (automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity
  • Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

    retrench

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut down or reduce.
  • * Denham
  • Thy exuberant parts retrench .
  • To abridge; to curtail.
  • * Milton
  • But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
  • To confine; to limit; to restrict.
  • (Addison)
  • * I. Taylor
  • These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
  • To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
  • to retrench bastions
  • To take up a new defensive position.
  • We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
  • International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
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