decrease vs pare down

pare down vs decrease

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

decrease and pare down both are verbs.

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

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

decrease: make become smaller
pare down: decrease gradually or bit by bit

Other hyponyms of decrease include suppress, mitigate, pare, circumscribe, confine to, limit, boil down, concentrate, reduce, reduce, shrink, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, abate, slack, slake, lour, lower, turn down, de-escalate, step down, weaken, minimise, minimize, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down, cut, relax, slack, slack up, slacken, belittle, diminish.

decrease (noun)	pare 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)	pare down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	decrease gradually or bit by bit
make become smaller

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