lessen vs shrivel up

shrivel up vs lessen

lessen and shrivel up both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
shrivel up: wither, as with a loss of moisture

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

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