diminish vs vaporize

vaporize vs diminish

diminish and vaporize both are verbs.

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

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

diminish: decrease in size, extent, or range
vaporize: decrease rapidly and disappear

Other hyponyms of diminish include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, 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, thin out, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

diminish (verb)	vaporize (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	turn into gas
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of	lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
	decrease rapidly and disappear
	kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

Difference between diminish and vaporize

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