Dwindled vs Decreased - What's the difference?

dwindled | decreased |

As verbs the difference between dwindled and decreased

is that dwindled is (dwindle) while decreased is (decrease).

dwindled

English

Verb

(head)

(dwindle)

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)

References

decreased

English

Verb

(head)

(decrease)

decrease

English

Verb

(decreas)

Of a quantity, to become smaller.

To make (a quantity) smaller.

Synonyms

* (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

Antonyms

* (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

Noun

(en noun)

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

Synonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Antonyms

* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , rise

Anagrams

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