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Shrinking vs Diminished - What's the difference?

shrinking | diminished |

As verbs the difference between shrinking and diminished

is that shrinking is while diminished is (diminish).

As a noun shrinking

is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

As an adjective diminished is

lessened, reduced.

shrinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

    • diminished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (diminish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lessened, reduced.
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  • (music) reduced by a semitone