minify vs weaken

weaken vs minify

minify and weaken both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minify	No	No	Yes	No
weaken	No	No	Yes	No

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

minify: make become smaller
weaken: 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, de-escalate, step down, 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)	weaken (verb)
make become smaller	become weaker
	lessen the strength of
	reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
	lessen in force or effect
	destroy property or hinder normal operations

Difference between minify and weaken

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