decrease vs easing

easing vs decrease

decrease and easing both are nouns.

decrease is a verb but easing is not a verb.

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

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

decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something
easing: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

Other hyponyms of decrease include cut, mitigation, moderation, lowering, cutback, devaluation, devitalisation, devitalization, extenuation, mitigation, palliation, alleviation, easement, relief, de-escalation, minimisation, minimization, depletion, shortening, shrinking, deduction, subtraction, deflation, deduction, discount, price reduction, rollback, weakening, depreciation, contraction, reverse split, reverse stock split, split down, amortisation, amortization, declassification, shelter, tax shelter, tax credit.

decrease (noun)	easing (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something	the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
the amount by which something decreases	a change for the better
a change downward
a process of becoming smaller or shorter

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

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