decrease vs slow

slow vs decrease

decrease is a noun but slow is not a noun.

decrease is not an adjective while slow is an adjective.

decrease and slow both are verbs.

decrease is not an adverb while slow is an adverb.

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

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

decrease: decrease in size, extent, or range
slow: lose velocity; move more slowly

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, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

decrease (noun)	slow (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 (adjective)	slow (adjective)
	not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
	at a slow tempo
	(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
	(of business) not active or brisk
	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
	so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

decrease (verb)	slow (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	lose velocity; move more slowly
make become smaller	become slow or slower
	cause to proceed more slowly

decrease (adverb)	slow (adverb)
	without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
	showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

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