decrease vs taper

taper vs decrease

decrease and taper both are nouns.

decrease and taper both are verbs.

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

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

decrease: decrease in size, extent, or range
taper: diminish gradually

Other hyponyms of decrease include break, shrink, shrivel, 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, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

decrease (noun)	taper (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something	stick of wax with a wick in the middle
the amount by which something decreases	a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
a change downward	the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
a process of becoming smaller or shorter	a convex shape that narrows toward a point

decrease (verb)	taper (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	give a point to
make become smaller	diminish gradually

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