lessen vs drop off

drop off vs lessen

lessen and drop off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
drop off	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
drop off: fall or diminish

Other hyponyms of lessen include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, 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, thin out, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

lessen (verb)	drop off (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	change from a waking to a sleeping state
wear off or die down	fall to a lower standard
make become smaller	fall or diminish
	retreat
	remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Difference between lessen and drop off

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