diminish vs thin out

thin out vs diminish

diminish and thin out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diminish	No	No	Yes	No
thin out	No	No	Yes	No

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
thin out: become sparser

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

diminish (verb)	thin out (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	make sparse
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	become sparser
	lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Difference between diminish and thin out

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