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lessen vs vanish

vanish vs lessen

lessen and vanish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lessen No No Yes No
vanish No No Yes No
As verbs, vanish is a hyponym of lessen; that is, vanish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lessen:
  • lessen: decrease in size, extent, or range
  • vanish: decrease rapidly and disappear
Other hyponyms of lessen include break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off, fly, 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, slow up, decrescendo.
lessen (verb) vanish (verb)
decrease in size, extent, or range get lost, as without warning or explanation
wear off or die down decrease rapidly and disappear
make become smaller cease to exist
pass away rapidly
become invisible or unnoticeable
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