Reduction vs Suppression - What's the difference?
reduction | suppression |
The act, process, or result of reducing.
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
(music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
(philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
The act or instance of suppressing.
* 1980 , :
The state of being suppressed.
A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
As nouns the difference between reduction and suppression
is that reduction is reduction while suppression is the act or instance of suppressing.reduction
English
Noun
(en noun)- A 5% reduction in robberies
Antonyms
* elevation * expansion * increase * promotion * (chemistry): oxidationAnagrams
* introducesuppression
English
Noun
- The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.