diminish vs abate

abate vs diminish

diminish and abate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
abate	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
abate: become less in amount or intensity

Other hyponyms of diminish 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, 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.

diminish (verb)	abate (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become less in amount or intensity
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	make less active or intense

Difference between diminish and abate

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