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diminish vs reduce

reduce vs diminish

diminish and reduce both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
diminish No No Yes No
reduce No No Yes No
As verbs, reduce is a hyponym of diminish; that is, reduce is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than diminish:
  • diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
  • reduce: 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, decoct, 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) reduce (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range take off weight
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of cut down on; make a reduction in
narrow or limit
cook until very little liquid is left
to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
make smaller
reduce in size; reduce physically
make less complex
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
be cooked until very little liquid is left
be the essential element
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
undergo meiosis
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
lessen and make more modest
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
put down by force or intimidation
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