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lessen vs pare

pare vs lessen

lessen and pare both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lessen No No Yes No
pare No No Yes No
As verbs, pare is a hyponym of lessen; that is, pare is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lessen:
  • lessen: make become smaller
  • pare: decrease gradually or bit by bit
Other hyponyms of lessen include suppress, mitigate, pare down, circumscribe, confine to, limit, boil down, concentrate, reduce, reduce, shrink, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, abate, slack, slake, lour, lower, turn down, de-escalate, step down, weaken, minimise, minimize, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down, cut, relax, slack, slack up, slacken, belittle, diminish.
lessen (verb) pare (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range decrease gradually or bit by bit
wear off or die down remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
make become smaller cut small bits or pare shavings from
remove the skin from
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