Decreased
Decreased adjective - Made less in size or amount or degree.
Little and decreased are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Little" instead an adjective "Decreased".
Nearby Words: decrease, decreasing
Little
Little adjective - Having relatively little height.
Decreased and little are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decreased" instead an adjective "Little".
Nearby Word: littleness
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Both words in one sentence
- Ongoing political events only further decreased his desire to perform again, although he did rack up a little "Sesame Street" Cred.
Source: Artist Disillusionment - The human species as a whole has relatively little genetic variation, as the result of a "bottleneck" where the population decreased to very low numbers about 70,000 years ago.
Source: Everyone Is Related - Lauren Faust's control over My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic decreased over time, and she eventually left the show entirely after season 2, putting the show into the hands of new showrunners.
Source: God Does Not Own This World
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