diminish vs die away

die away vs diminish

diminish and die away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
die away	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
die away: 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, abate, 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)	die away (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become less in amount or intensity
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

Difference between diminish and die away

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