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Dwindle vs Shrinkage - What's the difference?

dwindle | shrinkage |

As a verb dwindle

is to decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.

As a noun shrinkage is

the act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

dwindle

English

Verb

(dwindl)
  • To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.
  • * 1802 , , translated by T. Paynell,
    • [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing,
  • (figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
    • The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.'' (''Goldsmith , Vicar, III)
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.
  • * 1919 ,
    • The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
  • * '>citation
  • To lessen; to bring low.
  • * Thomson
    • Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
  • To break; to disperse.
    • (Clarendon)

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    shrinkage

    English

    Noun

  • The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  • The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
  • (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
  • * 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld , Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
    • Do women know about shrinkage ?
  • * 2006 Steve Gerali, Teenage Guys: Exploring Issues Adolescent Guys Face and Strategies to Help Them, Zondervan, p63
    • This is why guys experience "shrinkage " after they've been swimming.
  • * 2008 Anthony William Brownless, Billy's Book for Blokes, Allen & Unwin
    • That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.
  • * 2010 Fran Capo, Art Zuckerman & Susan Zuckerman, "Polar Bear Clubs," It Happened in New York City: Remarkable Events That Shaped History , Globe Pequot, p51
    • And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage ?!"

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