The difference between Decrease and Loss

When used as nouns, decrease means an amount by which a quantity is decreased, whereas loss means an instance of losing, such as a defeat.

Decrease is also verb with the meaning: of a quantity, to become smaller.

check bellow for the other definitions of Decrease and Loss

  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. Loss as a noun:

    an instance of losing, such as a defeat

    Examples:

    "The match ended in their first loss of the season."

  2. Loss as a noun:

    The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.

    Examples:

    "Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite."

    "In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.'' [[File:In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.ogg]]"

  3. Loss as a noun:

    the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone, particularly in death.

    Examples:

    "We mourn his loss."

  4. Loss as a noun (in the plural):

    casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict

    Examples:

    "The battle was won, but losses were great."

  5. Loss as a noun (financial):

    the sum an entity loses on balance

    Examples:

    "The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive."

  6. Loss as a noun:

    destruction, ruin

    Examples:

    "It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses"

  7. Loss as a noun (engineering):

    electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work

    Examples:

    "The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid"

  1. Loss as a verb (colloquial):

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