decrease vs go down

go down vs decrease

decrease is a noun but go down is not a noun.

decrease and go down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No
go down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, go down is a hyponym of decrease; that is, go down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decrease:

decrease: decrease in size, extent, or range
go down: grow smaller

Other hyponyms of decrease include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, vaporize, break, ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off, weaken, boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce, contract, shrink, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither, abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off, deflate, dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, remit, de-escalate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue, shorten, thin out, decline, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

decrease (noun)	go down (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something
the amount by which something decreases
a change downward
a process of becoming smaller or shorter

decrease (verb)	go down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	grow smaller
make become smaller	stop operating
	be defeated
	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered

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