Recede vs Decrease - What's the difference?

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Recede is a related term of decrease.

As verbs the difference between recede and decrease

is that recede is while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

recede

English

Verb

(reced)

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

* Dryden

Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.

* Bentley

All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.

To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

to recede conquered territory

To take back.

Synonyms

* withdraw

Derived terms

* receding

References

Anagrams

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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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