decline vs deprive

deprive vs decline

decline is a noun but deprive is not a noun.

decline and deprive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decline	Yes	No	Yes	No
deprive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, deprive is a hyponym of decline; that is, deprive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decline:

decline: grow worse
deprive: take away

Other hyponyms of decline include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

decline (noun)	deprive (noun)
a downward slope or bend
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (verb)	deprive (verb)
grow smaller	take away
grow worse	keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
show unwillingness towards	take away possessions from someone
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
go down
fall in value
not accept as true

Difference between decline and deprive

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