diminish vs de-escalate

de-escalate vs diminish

diminish and de-escalate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
de-escalate	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
de-escalate: diminish in size, scope, 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, abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off, deflate, dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, remit, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue, shorten, thin out, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

diminish (verb)	de-escalate (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	diminish in size, scope, or intensity

Difference between diminish and de-escalate

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