lessen vs slow down

slow down vs lessen

lessen and slow down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
slow down	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
slow down: lose velocity; move more slowly

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, 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 up, decrescendo.

lessen (verb)	slow down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
wear off or die down	lose velocity; move more slowly
make become smaller	become slow or slower
	reduce the speed of
	cause to proceed more slowly

Difference between lessen and slow down

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