lessen vs decoct

decoct vs lessen

lessen and decoct both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
decoct	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
decoct: be cooked until very little liquid is left

Other hyponyms of lessen include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, vaporize, break, ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off, weaken, boil down, concentrate, 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.

lessen (verb)	decoct (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	extract the essence of something by boiling it
wear off or die down	steep in hot water
make become smaller	be cooked until very little liquid is left

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