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diminish vs decelerate

decelerate vs diminish

diminish and decelerate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
diminish No No Yes No
decelerate No No Yes No
As verbs, decelerate is a hyponym of diminish; that is, decelerate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than diminish:
  • diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
  • decelerate: lose velocity; move more slowly
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, de-escalate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue, shorten, thin out, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.
diminish (verb) decelerate (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range lose velocity; move more slowly
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of reduce the speed of
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