minify vs de-escalate

de-escalate vs minify

minify and de-escalate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minify	No	No	Yes	No
de-escalate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, de-escalate is a hyponym of minify; that is, de-escalate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than minify:

minify: make become smaller
de-escalate: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

Other hyponyms of minify 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, turn down, 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)	de-escalate (verb)
make become smaller	reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
	diminish in size, scope, or intensity

Difference between minify and de-escalate

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