Decrease vs. Reduction

Decrease vs. Reduction — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Decrease and Reduction

Decreaseverb

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.

Reductionnoun

The act, process, or result of reducing.

Decreaseverb

(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.

Reductionnoun

The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.

A 5% reduction in robberies

Decreasenoun

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years. File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg

Reductionnoun

(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.

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Decreasenoun

(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).

Reductionnoun

(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.

Decreasenoun

a change downward;

there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsidedthere was a sharp drop-off in sales

Reductionnoun

(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.

Decreasenoun

a process of becoming smaller or shorter

Reductionnoun

(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.

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Decreasenoun

the amount by which something decreases

Reductionnoun

(music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.

Decreasenoun

the act of decreasing or reducing something

Reductionnoun

A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)

Decreaseverb

decrease in size, extent, or range;

The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semesterThe cabin pressure fell dramaticallyher weight fall to under a hundred poundshis voice fell to a whisper

Reductionnoun

(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

Decreaseverb

make smaller;

He decreased his staff

Reductionnoun

the act of decreasing or reducing something

Reductionnoun

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

Reductionnoun

the act of reducing complexity