lessen vs dwindle away

dwindle away vs lessen

lessen and dwindle away both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
dwindle away: 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, 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 away (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 away

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