Dwindle vs Diminished - What's the difference?
dwindle | diminished |
To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.
* 1802 , , translated by T. Paynell,
(figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
* Jonathan Swift
* 1919 ,
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To lessen; to bring low.
* Thomson
To break; to disperse.
(diminish)
lessened, reduced.
(music) reduced by a semitone
As verbs the difference between dwindle and diminished
is that dwindle is to decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size while diminished is (diminish).As an adjective diminished is
lessened, reduced.dwindle
English
Verb
(dwindl)- [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing,
- The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.'' (''Goldsmith , Vicar, III)
- Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.
- The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
- (Clarendon)
References
diminished
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.