lessen vs slack off

slack off vs lessen

lessen and slack off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
slack off	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
slack off: become less in amount or intensity

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, shrivel up, wither, abate, die away, let up, slack, 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)	slack off (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become less in amount or intensity
wear off or die down
make become smaller

Difference between lessen and slack off

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