diminish vs shrivel up

shrivel up vs diminish

diminish and shrivel up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
shrivel up	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
shrivel up: wither, as with a loss of moisture

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, 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)	shrivel up (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	wither, as with a loss of moisture
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

Difference between diminish and shrivel up

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