The difference between Decrease and Wane

When used as nouns, decrease means an amount by which a quantity is decreased, whereas wane means a gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

When used as verbs, decrease means of a quantity, to become smaller, whereas wane means to progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Decrease and Wane

  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. Wane as a noun:

    A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

  2. Wane as a noun:

    The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

  3. Wane as a noun (literary):

    The end of a period.

    Examples:

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  4. Wane as a noun (woodworking):

    A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

  1. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

  2. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

  3. Wane as a verb (intransitive, astronomy):

    Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

  4. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of a time period that comes to an end.

  5. Wane as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

  6. Wane as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cause to decrease.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  1. Wane as a noun (Scotland, slang):

    A child.

  1. Wane as a noun (chiefly, Northern England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    A house or dwelling.

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