Decline
Decline verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Usage example: the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes
Fade is a synonym for decline in deteriorate topic. In some cases you can use "Fade" instead a verb "Decline", when it comes to topics like activity, fail, weaken, increase.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A good half of the Village Tales series relies on this: it is after all set in Wiltshire, Home of the British Army, and full of old soldiers who decline to fade away.
- Nile's album Ithyphallic has a song called "Even the Gods Must Die," which discusses the idea of this trope on a historical level; namely that all legends and myths fade with time, and with the decline of the worship of the Gods, so too go the Gods...
Source: Götterdämmerung - Their decline was brought about by a congo line of disasters, starting with the emergence of Darkspawn following a failed attempt by Tevinter magisters to enter the fade and wrest control of the Golden City from the Maker(God, basically) himself.
Source: Vestigial Empire
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