lessen vs go down

go down vs lessen

lessen and go down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
go down	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
go down: grow smaller

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 away, dwindle down, remit, de-escalate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue, shorten, thin out, decline, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

lessen (verb)	go down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	grow smaller
wear off or die down	stop operating
make become smaller	be defeated
	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered

Difference between lessen and go down

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