different between decrease vs dilute

English

Etymology

From Middle English decresen, discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: d?kr?s', IPA^(key): /d??k?i?s/
• (noun) enPR: d?'kr?s, IPA^(key): /?di?k?i?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Verb

decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)

1. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.

2. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.

Synonyms

• (become smaller): drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
• (make smaller): abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish

Antonyms

• (become larger): go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
• (make larger): increase, increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment

Related terms

• decretion
• increase

Translations

Noun

decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)

1. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

2. (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).

Synonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is decreased): cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Antonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is decreased): gain, increase, increment, raise (US, of pay), rise

Translations

Anagrams

• deceaser

English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?tus, from d?luere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from d?-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??lju?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da??lut/, /d??lut/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)

1. (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
2. (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
3. (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
4. (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

Related terms

• diluent
• dilutant
• dilution
• diluvium
• dilutable

Antonyms

• condense

Translations

Adjective

dilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)

1. Having a low concentration.

2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

Translations

Noun

dilute (plural dilutes)

1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

See also

• Concentration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dilate

References

• dilute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dilute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

d?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?l?tus