alteration vs decrease

decrease vs alteration

alteration and decrease both are nouns.

alteration is not a verb while decrease is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alteration	Yes	No	No	No
decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, decrease is a hyponym of alteration; that is, decrease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alteration:

alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
decrease: a change downward

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, fluctuation, variation, conversion, death, decease, expiry, drop-off, lessening, destabilization, increase, easing, moderation, relief, deformation, transition, shift, transformation, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	decrease (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the act of decreasing or reducing something
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the amount by which something decreases
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	a change downward
	a process of becoming smaller or shorter

alteration (verb)	decrease (verb)
	decrease in size, extent, or range
	make become smaller

Difference between alteration and decrease

Words related to "decrease"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.