diminition |
contraction |
Related terms |
Diminition is a related term of contraction.
As a noun contraction is
a reversible reduction in size.
contraction |
squeezing |
Related terms |
As nouns the difference between contraction and squeezing
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
squeezing is the act of pressing; compression.
As a verb squeezing is
present participle of lang=en.
cut |
contraction |
Synonyms |
As nouns the difference between cut and contraction
is that
cut is an opening resulting from cutting while
contraction is a reversible reduction in size.
As an adjective cut
is having been
cut.
As a verb cut
is
To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
contraction | shrinking | Related terms |
As nouns the difference between contraction and shrinking
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
As a verb shrinking is
present participle of lang=en.
contraction | narrowing | Related terms |
Contraction is a related term of narrowing.
As nouns the difference between contraction and narrowing
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
narrowing is the part of a stocking that is narrowed.
As a verb narrowing is
.
contraction | tract |
As nouns the difference between contraction and tract
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
tract is an area or expanse.
As a verb tract is
(obsolete) to pursue, follow; to track.
decline | contraction | Related terms |
Decline is a related term of contraction.
As a verb decline
is .
As an adjective decline
is declined.
As a noun contraction is
a reversible reduction in size.
contraction | binding | Related terms |
Contraction is a related term of binding.
As nouns the difference between contraction and binding
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
As an adjective binding is
assigning something that one will be held to.
As a verb binding is
.
contraction | stricture | Related terms |
In medicine terms the difference between contraction and stricture
is that
contraction is a distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together while
stricture is abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
In linguistics terms the difference between contraction and stricture
is that
contraction is a process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word while
stricture is the degree of contact, in consonants.
As nouns the difference between contraction and stricture
is that
contraction is a reversible reduction in size while
stricture is a rule restricting behaviour or action.
stretching | contraction |
As nouns the difference between stretching and contraction
is that
stretching is the act by which something is stretched while
contraction is a reversible reduction in size.
As a verb stretching
is present participle of lang=en.
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