The difference between Decline and Set aside
When used as verbs, decline means to move downwards, to fall, to drop, whereas set aside means to separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
Decline is also noun with the meaning: downward movement, fall.
check bellow for the other definitions of Decline and Set aside
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Decline as a noun:
Downward movement, fall.
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Decline as a noun:
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
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Decline as a noun:
A weakening.
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Decline as a noun:
A reduction or diminution of activity.
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Decline as a verb (intransitive):
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
Examples:
"The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."
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Decline as a verb (intransitive):
To become weaker or worse.
Examples:
"My health declined in winter."
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To cause to decrease or diminish.
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Decline as a verb:
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
Examples:
"a line that declines from straightness"
"conduct that declines from sound morals"
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To refuse, forbear.
Examples:
"On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."
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Decline as a verb (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns):
To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
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Decline as a verb (by extension):
To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Decline as a verb (American football, Canadian football):
To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
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Set aside as a verb (transitive):
To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
Examples:
"Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum."
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Set aside as a verb (transitive):
To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
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Set aside as a verb (transitive):
To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
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Set aside as a verb (transitive):
To declare something invalid or null and void.