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Magnified vs Diminished - What's the difference?

magnified | diminished |

As adjectives the difference between magnified and diminished

is that magnified is having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification while diminished is lessened, reduced.

As verbs the difference between magnified and diminished

is that magnified is past tense of magnify while diminished is past tense of diminish.

magnified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
    • The image was magnified by eight times.

    Synonyms

    * enlarged

    Verb

    (head)
  • (magnify)

    • diminished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (diminish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lessened, reduced.
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  • (music) reduced by a semitone