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Shrinking vs Shrinkage - What's the difference?

shrinking | shrinkage |

As nouns the difference between shrinking and shrinkage

is that shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away while shrinkage is the act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

As a verb shrinking

is present participle of lang=en.

shrinking

English

Verb

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    • Noun

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

    • shrinkage

    English

    Noun

  • The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  • The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
  • (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
  • * 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld , Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
    • Do women know about shrinkage ?
  • * 2006 Steve Gerali, Teenage Guys: Exploring Issues Adolescent Guys Face and Strategies to Help Them, Zondervan, p63
    • This is why guys experience "shrinkage " after they've been swimming.
  • * 2008 Anthony William Brownless, Billy's Book for Blokes, Allen & Unwin
    • That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.
  • * 2010 Fran Capo, Art Zuckerman & Susan Zuckerman, "Polar Bear Clubs," It Happened in New York City: Remarkable Events That Shaped History , Globe Pequot, p51
    • And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage ?!"

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