The difference between Decrease and Lower
When used as verbs, decrease means of a quantity, to become smaller, whereas lower means to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended.
Decrease is also noun with the meaning: an amount by which a quantity is decreased.
check bellow for the other definitions of Decrease and Lower
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Decrease as a verb (intransitive):
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
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Decrease as a verb (transitive):
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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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]]"
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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 .
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Lower as an adjective:
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Lower as an adjective:
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
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Lower as an adjective (geology, of strata or geological time periods):
older
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Lower as an adverb:
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
Examples:
"lower a bucket into a well"
"to lower a sail of a boat"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
to pull down
Examples:
"to lower a flag"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To reduce the height of
Examples:
"lower a fence or wall"
"lower a chimney or turret"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To depress as to direction
Examples:
"lower the aim of a gun"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To make less elevated
Examples:
"to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
Examples:
"lower the temperature"
"lower one's vitality"
"lower distilled liquors"
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To bring down; to humble
Examples:
"lower one's pride"
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Lower as a verb (reflexive):
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
Examples:
"I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes."
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Lower as a verb (transitive):
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
Examples:
"lower the price of goods"
"lower the interest rate"
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Lower as a verb (intransitive):
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
Examples:
"The river lowered as rapidly as it rose."
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Lower as a verb (intransitive):
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
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Lower as a verb:
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