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Shrinking vs Dwindling - What's the difference?

shrinking | dwindling |

As verbs the difference between shrinking and dwindling

is that shrinking is present participle of lang=en while dwindling is present participle of dwindle.

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 dwindling is

that is declining.

shrinking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

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

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that is declining
  • There is dwindling support for New Labour