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decrease vs vaporize

vaporize vs decrease

decrease is a noun but vaporize is not a noun.

decrease and vaporize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
decrease Yes No Yes No
vaporize No No Yes No
As verbs, vaporize is a hyponym of decrease; that is, vaporize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decrease:
  • decrease: decrease in size, extent, or range
  • vaporize: decrease rapidly and disappear
Other hyponyms of decrease include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, 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) vaporize (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) vaporize (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range turn into gas
make become smaller lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
decrease rapidly and disappear
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
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