different between dwindle vs subside

English

Etymology

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dw?nan (“to waste away”), equivalent to dwine +? -le, akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine (“to pine away”), Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?dw?n.d?l/
• Rhymes: -?nd?l

Verb

dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)

1. (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
   • 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace

     [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III

     The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.

   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress

     The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
3. (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.

   • Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.

4. To break up or disperse.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• windled

English

Etymology

Latin subs?d? (“I settle, subside”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?sa?d/, /s?b?sa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

1. (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
4. (intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.

Related terms

• subsidize
• subsidy

Translations

See also

• subsist
• subsidence

Anagrams

• Subedis

French

Etymology

From Latin subsidium, from subsidere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.sid/

Noun

subside m (plural subsides)

1. contribution, tax

   Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)

2. subsidy, pension, monetary help

   Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)

Further reading

• “subside” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

subs?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subs?d?

Old French

Alternative forms

• subcide
• subscide
• subsidie
• succide

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subsidium.

Noun

subside m or f

1. subsidy (financial assistance)
2. tax; taxation

Descendants

• English: subsidy
• French: subside

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (subside, supplement)
• subside on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Portuguese

Verb

subside

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of subsidar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of subsidar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of subsidar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of subsidar