diminish vs drop off

drop off vs diminish

diminish and drop off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
drop off	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
drop off: fall or diminish

Other hyponyms of diminish include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, 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, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

diminish (verb)	drop off (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	change from a waking to a sleeping state
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	fall to a lower standard
	fall or diminish
	retreat
	remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Difference between diminish and drop off

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