reduction vs palliation

palliation vs reduction

reduction and palliation both are nouns.

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

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

reduction: the act of decreasing or reducing something
palliation: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

Other hyponyms of reduction include cut, mitigation, moderation, lowering, cutback, devaluation, devitalisation, devitalization, extenuation, mitigation, alleviation, 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)	palliation (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something	easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
the act of reducing complexity	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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 palliation

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