diminish vs undervalue

undervalue vs diminish

diminish and undervalue both are verbs.

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

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
undervalue: lose in value

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, shorten, thin out, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

diminish (verb)	undervalue (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	lose in value
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	assign too low a value to
	esteem lightly

Difference between diminish and undervalue

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.