different between waning vs diminishing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?we?.n??/
• Rhymes: -e?n??

Etymology 1

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wan?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wan?n? (“to wane”), equivalent to wane +? -ing.

Verb

waning

1. present participle of wane

Adjective

waning (not comparable)

1. Becoming weaker or smaller.

   his waning strength

2. Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

   the waning moon

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanung?, equivalent to wane +? -ing.

Noun

waning (plural wanings)

1. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense.

   the waning of her energy
2. The fact or act of becoming smaller.
   • 17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B.

     This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.

Translations

Anagrams

• Angwin, awning

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian wöning.

Noun

waning n (plural waninge)

1. (Mooring) window

English

Adjective

diminishing (comparative more diminishing, superlative most diminishing)

1. becoming smaller

Derived terms

• law of diminishing returns

Translations

Verb

diminishing

1. present participle of diminish

Noun

diminishing (plural diminishings)

1. A diminishment.