take away vs reduce

take away and reduce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take away	No	No	Yes	No
reduce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, reduce is a hypernym of take away; that is, reduce is a word with a broader meaning than take away:

Other hypernyms of take away include bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down.

take away (verb)	reduce (verb)
take out or remove	take off weight
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract	cut down on; make a reduction in
get rid of something abstract	narrow or limit
take away a part from; diminish	cook until very little liquid is left
buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food	to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state	make smaller
take from a person or place	reduce in size; reduce physically
	make less complex
	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
	lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
	be cooked until very little liquid is left
	be the essential element
	destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
	undergo meiosis
	reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
	lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
	lessen and make more modest
	simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
	bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
	put down by force or intimidation