The difference between Decrease and Drop

When used as nouns, decrease means an amount by which a quantity is decreased, whereas drop means a small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.

When used as verbs, decrease means of a quantity, to become smaller, whereas drop means to fall in droplets (of a liquid).

check bellow for the other definitions of Decrease and Drop

  1. Decrease as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a quantity, to become smaller.

  2. Decrease as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a quantity) smaller.

  1. Decrease as a noun:

    An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

    Examples:

    "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]]"

  2. Decrease as a noun (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 .

  1. Drop as a noun:

    A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.

    Examples:

    "Put three drops of oil into the mixture."

  2. Drop as a noun:

    The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.

    Examples:

    "On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop."

  3. Drop as a noun:

    A fall, descent; an act of dropping.

    Examples:

    "That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones."

  4. Drop as a noun:

    A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.

    Examples:

    "I left the plans at the drop, like you asked."

    "[[wikipedia:The Drop (film)#Plot ''The Drop'']] (film title)"

  5. Drop as a noun:

    An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.

    Examples:

    "The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch."

  6. Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, Australian):

    A small amount of an alcoholic beverage

    Examples:

    "He usually enjoys a drop after dinner."

  7. Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, when used with the [[definite article]] ('''the drop''')):

    Alcoholic spirits in general.

    Examples:

    "It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine."

  8. Drop as a noun (Ireland, informal):

    A single measure of whisky.

  9. Drop as a noun:

    A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.

  10. Drop as a noun (American football):

    A dropped pass.

    Examples:

    "Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end."

  11. Drop as a noun (American football):

    Short for drop-back or drop back.

    Examples:

    "The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open."

  12. Drop as a noun (Rugby football):

    A drop-kick.

  13. Drop as a noun:

    In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.

  14. Drop as a noun (sports, usually with definite article "the"):

    relegation from one division to a lower one

  15. Drop as a noun (video games, online gaming):

    Any item dropped by defeated enemies.

  16. Drop as a noun (music):

    A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax.

  17. Drop as a noun (US, banking, dated):

    An unsolicited credit card issue.

  18. Drop as a noun:

    The vertical length of a hanging curtain.

  19. Drop as a noun:

    That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.

  20. Drop as a noun (architecture):

    A gutta.

  21. Drop as a noun:

    A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.

  22. Drop as a noun (slang):

    (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.

  23. Drop as a noun:

    A or .

  24. Drop as a noun (engineering):

    The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

  25. Drop as a noun (nautical):

    The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

  26. Drop as a noun:

    The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.

  1. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

  2. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To drip (a liquid).

  3. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    Generally, to fall (straight down).

    Examples:

    "A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."

  4. Drop as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

    Examples:

    "Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."

  5. Drop as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

  6. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To sink quickly to the ground.

    Examples:

    "'Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll."

  7. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall dead, or to fall in death.

  8. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.

  9. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

    Examples:

    "The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner."

  10. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To part with or spend (money).

  11. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).

    Examples:

    "I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?"

  12. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.

    Examples:

    "The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete."

  13. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).

    Examples:

    "'Drop me a note when you get to the city."

  14. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

    Examples:

    "Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"

  15. Drop as a verb (transitive, linguistics):

    To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).

    Examples:

    "Cockneys drop their aitches."

  16. Drop as a verb (cricket, of a fielder):

    To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.

    Examples:

    "Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"

  17. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.

    Examples:

    "They had never dropped acid."

  18. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.

    Examples:

    "I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."

  19. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.

    Examples:

    "I've been dropped from the football team."

  20. Drop as a verb (Rugby football):

    To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.

  21. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To impart.

    Examples:

    "I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business."

  22. Drop as a verb (transitive, music, computing, colloquial):

    To release to the public.

    Examples:

    "They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays."

    "That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."

  23. Drop as a verb (transitive, music):

    To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.

    Examples:

    "That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats."

  24. Drop as a verb (intransitive, music, colloquial):

    To enter public distribution.

    Examples:

    "Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."

  25. Drop as a verb (transitive, music):

    To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

  26. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.

    Examples:

    "I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore."

  27. Drop as a verb (transitive, fast food):

    To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.

    Examples:

    "'Drop a basket of fries."

  28. Drop as a verb:

    To lower; to move to a lower position.

  29. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a voice):

    To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.

    Examples:

    "Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12."

  30. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a sound or song):

    To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.

    Examples:

    "The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."

  31. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of people):

    To visit informally; used with in or by.

    Examples:

    "'drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow"

  32. Drop as a verb:

    To give birth to.

    Examples:

    "to drop a lamb"

  33. Drop as a verb:

    To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

  34. Drop as a verb (slang, of the [[testicle]]s):

    To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

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