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Decrease vs Pulsate - What's the difference?

decrease | pulsate |

As verbs the difference between decrease and pulsate

is that decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller while pulsate is to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.

As a noun decrease

is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

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

    * English ergative verbs English heteronyms 1000 English basic words

    pulsate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat
  • to quiver, vibrate, thrill
  • to produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, pulsatile , pulsation , pulsator , pulsatory}}

    Related terms

    * pulsar