lessen vs slacken

slacken vs lessen

lessen and slacken both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: make become smaller
slacken: make less active or fast

Other hyponyms of lessen include suppress, mitigate, pare, pare down, 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, belittle, diminish.

lessen (verb)	slacken (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become looser or slack
wear off or die down	make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
make become smaller	become slow or slower
	make less active or fast

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