lessen vs shrivel

shrivel vs lessen

lessen and shrivel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
shrivel	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
shrivel: decrease in size, range, or extent

Other hyponyms of lessen include break, shrink, taper, drop off, fly, vanish, vaporize, break, ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off, weaken, boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce, contract, shrink, shrink, 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.

lessen (verb)	shrivel (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	wither, as with a loss of moisture
wear off or die down	decrease in size, range, or extent
make become smaller

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