diminish vs shrink

shrink vs diminish

diminish is not a noun while shrink is a noun.

diminish and shrink both are verbs.

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

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
shrink: decrease in size, range, or extent

Other hyponyms of diminish include break, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, vaporize, break, ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off, weaken, boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce, contract, 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 (noun)	shrink (noun)
	a physician who specializes in psychiatry

diminish (verb)	shrink (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become smaller or draw together
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	reduce in size; reduce physically
	wither, as with a loss of moisture
	decrease in size, range, or extent
	draw back, as with fear or pain

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