decrement vs physical process

decrement and physical process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decrement	Yes	No	No	No
physical process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physical process is a hypernym of decrement; that is, physical process is a word with a broader meaning than decrement:

decrement: a process of becoming smaller or shorter
physical process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Other hypernyms of decrement include process.

decrement (noun)	physical process (noun)
the amount by which something decreases	a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
a process of becoming smaller or shorter