minify vs boil down

boil down vs minify

minify and boil down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minify	No	No	Yes	No
boil down	No	No	Yes	No

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

minify: make become smaller
boil down: cook until very little liquid is left

Other hyponyms of minify include suppress, mitigate, pare, pare down, circumscribe, confine to, limit, concentrate, reduce, reduce, shrink, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, abate, slack, slake, lour, lower, turn down, 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.

minify (verb)	boil down (verb)
make become smaller	cook until very little liquid is left
	be cooked until very little liquid is left
	be the essential element

Difference between minify and boil down

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