Contract and Decrease

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Contract verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.

Usage example: metal contracts at low temperatures

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Decrease is a synonym for contract in quantity topic. In some cases you can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Contract", when it comes to topics like decline, lessen, shrink, condense.

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Usage example: workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow

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Contract is a synonym for decrease in reduce topic. You can use "Contract" instead a verb "Decrease", if it concerns topics such as quantity, drop, decline, lessen.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

actual	actual contract	actual decrease
massive	massive contract	massive decrease
large	large contract	large decrease
important	important contract	important decrease
Other adjectives: magic, permanent, major.

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