diminish vs go down

go down vs diminish

diminish and go down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
go down	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
go down: grow smaller

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, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

diminish (verb)	go down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	grow smaller
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	stop operating
	be defeated
	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered

Difference between diminish and go down

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