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Decrease vs Subjugation - What's the difference?

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Decrease is a related term of subjugation.


As nouns the difference between decrease and subjugation

is that decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased while subjugation is the act of subjugating.

As a verb decrease

is of a quantity, to become smaller.

decrease

English

Verb

(decreas)
  • Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  • To make (a quantity) smaller.
  • Synonyms

    * (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

    Antonyms

    * (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 .
  • Synonyms

    * (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

    Antonyms

    * (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , rise

    subjugation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of subjugating.
  • The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
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    Synonyms

    * conquest