Miniaturize vs Downsize - What's the difference?
miniaturize | downsize |
To design or construct something on a miniature scale
To reduce in size or number.
To reduce the workforce of.
To terminate the employment of.
As verbs the difference between miniaturize and downsize
is that miniaturize is to design or construct something on a miniature scale while downsize is to reduce in size or number.miniaturize
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Alternative forms
* (UK) miniaturiseVerb
(miniaturiz)downsize
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Verb
(downsiz)- Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
- The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
- They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
- Joe got downsized and became a plumber.