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Narrowing vs Shrinking - What's the difference?

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Narrowing is a related term of shrinking.


As verbs the difference between narrowing and shrinking

is that narrowing is while shrinking is .

As nouns the difference between narrowing and shrinking

is that narrowing is the part of a stocking that is narrowed while shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

narrowing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
  • * 1858 , Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)
  • It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings , should be, at the least'', equal to ''twice the width of the top...

    shrinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

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