lessen vs turn down

turn down vs lessen

lessen and turn down both are verbs.

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

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

lessen: make become smaller
turn down: make lower or quieter

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, 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, slacken, belittle, diminish.

lessen (verb)	turn down (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range	make lower or quieter
wear off or die down	take a downward direction
make become smaller	reject with contempt
	not accept as true
	refuse entrance or membership

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