Decrease and Weight

Decrease

Decrease noun - The amount by which something is lessened.

Weight and decrease are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weight" instead a noun "Decrease".

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Weight

Weight noun - The amount that something weighs.

Decrease and weight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrease" instead a noun "Weight".

Nearby Words: weigh, weighty, weighted, weighting, weighed

How words are described

normal normal decrease normal weight
considerable considerable decrease considerable weight
small small decrease small weight
actual actual decrease actual weight
Other adjectives: massive, large, serious, permanent, dramatic, maximum, overall.

Both words in one sentence

  • Emergency Cargo Dump Emergency Cargo Dump describes incidents where characters throw objects away to decrease weight or decrease ballast.
  • Video Game / Mario Kart 8 The Metal and Gold tires increase Weight and decrease Acceleration by .5 each, while Traction takes a .5 hit for a .25 buff in Speed, for another .25 loss in stats.
  • Artistic License – Physics Jules Verne, CS Lewis, and probably others committed this sin about spacecraft leaving the earth: the travelers felt their weight gradually decrease as they got further from the earth.
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