Retire vs Decrease - What's the difference?
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(rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
* Sir Philip Sidney
* Sir J. Davies
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(transitive, cricket, of a batsman) to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
(transitive, baseball, of a fielder), to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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 .
Retire is a related term of decrease.
As verbs the difference between retire and decrease
is that retire is while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.As a noun decrease is
an amount by which a quantity is decreased.retire
English
Noun
(en noun)- At the retire , the cavalry fell back.
Verb
- He retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
- As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
- The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
- The board retired the old major.
- Jones retired in favour of Smith.
- Jones retired Smith 6-3.
- I will retire to the study.''
- The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
- Having made a large fortune, he retired .
- He wants to retire at 55.
- Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
- I will retire for the night.