lessen vs slow up

slow up vs lessen

lessen and slow up both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
slow up: 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 down, decrescendo.

lessen (verb)	slow up (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	lose velocity; move more slowly
wear off or die down	cause to proceed more slowly
make become smaller	become slow or slower

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