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diminish

Curb vs Diminish - What's the difference?

curb | diminish | Related terms |

Curb is a related term of diminish.


In lang=en terms the difference between curb and diminish

is that curb is to crouch; to cringe while diminish is to disappear gradually.

As verbs the difference between curb and diminish

is that curb is to check, restrain or control while diminish is to make smaller.

As a noun curb

is (north america) a row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (uk ).

Lesson vs Diminish - What's the difference?

lesson | diminish |


In music|lang=en terms the difference between lesson and diminish

is that lesson is (music) an exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study while diminish is (music) to reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone.

As verbs the difference between lesson and diminish

is that lesson is to give a lesson to; to teach while diminish is to make smaller.

As a noun lesson

is a section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

Extend vs Diminish - What's the difference?

extend | diminish |


In intransitive terms the difference between extend and diminish

is that extend is to possess a certain extent while diminish is to disappear gradually.

In transitive terms the difference between extend and diminish

is that extend is to straighten (a limb) while diminish is to make smaller.

Diminish vs Smother - What's the difference?

diminish | smother | Related terms |

Diminish is a related term of smother.


In lang=en terms the difference between diminish and smother

is that diminish is to disappear gradually while smother is figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.

As verbs the difference between diminish and smother

is that diminish is to make smaller while smother is to suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of.

As a noun smother is

that which smothers or appears to smother, particularly .

Minish vs Diminish - What's the difference?

minish | diminish |

Diminish is a synonym of minish.



As verbs the difference between minish and diminish

is that minish is to lessen or cause to seem to be less while diminish is to make smaller.

Abated vs Diminish - What's the difference?

abated | diminish |


As verbs the difference between abated and diminish

is that abated is (abate) while diminish is to make smaller.

Diminish vs Mute - What's the difference?

diminish | mute | Related terms |

Diminish is a related term of mute.


As verbs the difference between diminish and mute

is that diminish is to make smaller while mute is .

As an adjective mute is

mutated.

Adapt vs Diminish - What's the difference?

adapt | diminish | Related terms |

Adapt is a related term of diminish.


In lang=en terms the difference between adapt and diminish

is that adapt is to change oneself so as to be adapted while diminish is to disappear gradually.

As verbs the difference between adapt and diminish

is that adapt is to make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion while diminish is to make smaller.

As an adjective adapt

is adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

Alter vs Diminish - What's the difference?

alter | diminish | Related terms |

Alter is a related term of diminish.


As an adjective alter

is .

As a verb diminish is

to make smaller.

Qualify vs Diminish - What's the difference?

qualify | diminish | Synonyms |

Qualify is a synonym of diminish.


As verbs the difference between qualify and diminish

is that qualify is to describe or characterize something by listing its qualities while diminish is to make smaller.

As a noun qualify

is (juggling) an instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.

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