decrease vs modification

modification vs decrease

decrease and modification both are nouns.

decrease is a verb but modification is not a verb.

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

As nouns, modification is a hypernym of decrease; that is, modification is a word with a broader meaning than decrease:

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

Other hypernyms of decrease include alteration, change.

decrease (noun)	modification (noun)
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	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
a change downward	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
a process of becoming smaller or shorter	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

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

Difference between decrease and modification

Words related to "decrease"

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