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Lessening vs Pruning - What's the difference?

lessening | pruning |

As verbs the difference between lessening and pruning

is that lessening is while pruning is .

As nouns the difference between lessening and pruning

is that lessening is a growing lesser; reduction or decrease while pruning is a removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.

lessening

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.

    • pruning

    English

    Noun

  • A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  • (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  • (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

    • Derived terms

    * alpha-beta pruning

    Verb

    (head)