Contract vs. Reduce

Difference Between Contract and Reduce
Contractnoun
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
Marriage is a contract.Reduceverb
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.
to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.Contractnoun
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
Reduceverb
(intransitive) To lose weight.
Contractnoun
(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
Reduceverb
(transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
to reduce a sergeant to the ranksContractnoun
(informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.Reduceverb
(transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
to reduce a province or a fortContractnoun
(bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Reduceverb
(transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
to reduce a city to ashesContractadjective
(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
Reduceverb
To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
Contractadjective
(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
Reduceverb
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
Contractverb
(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
The snail's body contracted into its shell.to contract one's sphere of actionReduceverb
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
Contractverb
(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".Reduceverb
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
Contractverb
(transitive) To enter into a contract with. en
Reduceverb
To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
Contractverb
(transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
Reduceverb
To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
Contractverb
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
to contract for carrying the mailReduceverb
To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").
It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.Contractverb
(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.to contract a debtReduceverb
To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
Contractverb
(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
Reduceverb
To reform a line or column from (a square).
Contractverb
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
Reduceverb
To translate (a book, document, etc.).
a book reduced into EnglishContractverb
To betroth; to affiance.
Reduceverb
cut down on; make a reduction in;
reduce your daily fat intakeThe employer wants to cut back health benefitsContractnoun
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Reduceverb
make less complex;
reduce a problem to a single questionContractnoun
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Reduceverb
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;
He reduced the population to slaveryContractnoun
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Reduceverb
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Contractverb
enter into a contractual arrangement
Reduceverb
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;
She reduced her niece to a servantContractverb
engage by written agreement;
They signed two new pitchers for the next seasonReduceverb
be the essential element;
The proposal boils down to a compromiseContractverb
squeeze or press together;
she compressed her lipsthe spasm contracted the muscleReduceverb
reduce in size; reduce physically;
Hot water will shrink the sweaterCan you shrink this image?Contractverb
become smaller or draw together;
The fabric shrankThe balloon shrankReduceverb
lessen and make more modest;
reduce one's standard of livingContractverb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
He got AIDSShe came down with pneumoniaShe took a chillReduceverb
make smaller;
reduce an imageContractverb
make smaller;
The heat contracted the woollen garmentReduceverb
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
Contractverb
compress or concentrate;
Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month planReduceverb
narrow or limit;
reduce the influx of foreignersContractverb
make or become more narrow or restricted;
The selection was narrowedThe road narrowedReduceverb
put down by force or intimidation;
The government quashes any attempt of an uprisingChina keeps down her dissidents very efficientlyThe rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the landContractverb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
The manuscript must be shortenedReduceverb
undergo meiosis;
The cells reduceReduceverb
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Reduceverb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
The manuscript must be shortenedReduceverb
be cooked until very little liquid is left;
The sauce should reduce to one cupReduceverb
cook until very little liquid is left;
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long timeReduceverb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
cut bourbonReduceverb
take off weight