lessen vs pare down

pare down vs lessen

lessen and pare down both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: make become smaller
pare down: decrease gradually or bit by bit

Other hyponyms of lessen include suppress, mitigate, pare, 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 down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	decrease gradually or bit by bit
wear off or die down
make become smaller

Difference between lessen and pare down

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