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lessen vs shrink

shrink vs lessen

lessen is not a noun while shrink is a noun.

lessen and shrink both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lessen No No Yes No
shrink Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shrink is a hyponym of lessen; that is, shrink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lessen:
  • lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
  • shrink: decrease in size, range, or extent
Other hyponyms of lessen include break, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, vaporize, break, ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off, weaken, boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce, contract, 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, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.
As verbs, shrink is a hyponym of lessen; that is, shrink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lessen:
  • lessen: make become smaller
  • shrink: reduce in size; reduce physically
Other hyponyms of lessen include suppress, mitigate, pare, pare down, circumscribe, confine to, limit, boil down, concentrate, reduce, reduce, 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 (noun) shrink (noun)
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
lessen (verb) shrink (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range become smaller or draw together
wear off or die down reduce in size; reduce physically
make become smaller wither, as with a loss of moisture
decrease in size, range, or extent
draw back, as with fear or pain
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