diminish vs concentrate

concentrate vs diminish

diminish is not a noun while concentrate is a noun.

diminish and concentrate both are verbs.

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

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
concentrate: be cooked until very little liquid is left

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, 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.

diminish (noun)	concentrate (noun)
	a concentrated example of something
	a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
	the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

diminish (verb)	concentrate (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	cook until very little liquid is left
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	make denser, stronger, or purer
	make central
	be cooked until very little liquid is left
	make more concise
	compress or concentrate
	direct one's attention on something
	draw together or meet in one common center

Difference between diminish and concentrate

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