reduction vs alleviation

alleviation vs reduction

reduction and alleviation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reduction	Yes	No	No	No
alleviation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alleviation is a hyponym of reduction; that is, alleviation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reduction:

reduction: the act of decreasing or reducing something
alleviation: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

Other hyponyms of reduction include cut, mitigation, moderation, lowering, cutback, devaluation, devitalisation, devitalization, extenuation, mitigation, palliation, easement, easing, relief, de-escalation, minimisation, minimization, depletion, shortening, shrinking, deduction, subtraction, deflation, deduction, discount, price reduction, rollback, weakening, depreciation, contraction, reverse split, reverse stock split, split down, amortisation, amortization, declassification, shelter, tax shelter, tax credit.

reduction (noun)	alleviation (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something	the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
the act of reducing complexity	the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

Difference between reduction and alleviation

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