lessen vs thin out

thin out vs lessen

lessen and thin out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lessen	No	No	Yes	No
thin out	No	No	Yes	No

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

lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
thin out: become sparser

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, decline, go down, wane, wane, wane, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decrescendo.

lessen (verb)	thin out (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	make sparse
wear off or die down	become sparser
make become smaller	lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

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