lessen vs dwindle

dwindle vs lessen

lessen and dwindle both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
dwindle: become smaller or lose substance

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, decoct, reduce, contract, shrink, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither, abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off, deflate, 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)	dwindle (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become smaller or lose substance
wear off or die down
make become smaller

Difference between lessen and dwindle

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