diminish vs decoct

decoct vs diminish

diminish and decoct both are verbs.

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

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
decoct: 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, concentrate, 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 (verb)	decoct (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	extract the essence of something by boiling it
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	steep in hot water
	be cooked until very little liquid is left

Difference between diminish and decoct

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