Difference between Decrease and Depletion

DECREASE vs DEPLETION: NOUN

The act of decreasing or reducing something
The amount by which something decreases
A change downward
A process of becoming smaller or shorter
The act or process of decreasing.
A becoming less; diminution; wane (as applied to the moon); decay: as, a rapid decrease of revenue or of strength.
The amount by which something is lessened; extent of loss or decrement: as, a great decrease in production or of income.
A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay.
The wane of the moon.
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
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 Decrease (knitting).

The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
The act of decreasing something markedly
The state of being depleted
The act or process of depleting.
The state of being depleted; exhaustion.
The use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural resource, faster than it is replenished.
The act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting: as, the depletion of the national resources. Specifically
In medicine, the act of relieving congestion or plethora by any remedial means, as bloodletting, purging, sweating, vomiting, etc.; also, any general reduction of fullness, as by abstinence.
The act of depleting or emptying.
The act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence.

To become less; lessen; be diminished gradually in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, influence, or excellence: as, the days decrease in length from June to December.
To make less; lessen; make smaller in dimensions, amount, quality, excellence, etc.; reduce gradually or by small deductions.
Make become smaller
(intransitive; transitive verb) To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.

Reduce, Reduced, Reductions, Decline, Increase, Step down, Minify, Drop off, Fall, Decrement, Diminish, Lessen, Lessening, Diminution, Reduction

Diminishing, Diminution, Leaching, Overfishing, Extinction, Deterioration, Decimation, Erosion, Eutrophication, Decline, Deforestation, Shrinkage, Scarcity, Degradation, Overexploitation

Shrinkage, Deterioration, Reducing, Lower, Reduce, Reduced, Decline, Increase, Drop off, Fall, Decrement, Diminish, Lessen, Lessening, Diminution

Pauperization, Decrease, Wastage, Decreasing, Dilution, Diminishing, Diminution, Overfishing, Deterioration, Eutrophication, Decline, Deforestation, Shrinkage, Degradation, Overexploitation

Each quarter we evaluate the fairvalue of our MSRs, and any decrease in fair value reduces earningsin the period in which the decrease occurs.
Paradoxically, economic theory suggests that this decrease in demand and subsequent decrease in cost of using the resource could cause a rebound in demand.
Moreover, because demand is negatively sloped, the increase in price would decrease total units sold, which would almost certainly decrease total cost.
May cause a decrease in blood pressure, a decrease in pulse, and syncope.
As they move apart the accelerations on each will decrease because the force will decrease.
The decrease in selling expenses is attributable to a decrease in advertising expense and bad debt expense.
Usually when you start an intervention this rate will decrease, then increase and finally decrease.
This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in voice and handset revenues.
It can decrease blood flow to an area and decrease swelling.
Debt Service decrease is the result of a decrease in interest expense as compared to last year due to a decrease in principal balance.

Cost Depletion Cost depletion is the deduction of a producing wells basis proportionally over the producing life of the well.
Tryptophan depletion and risk of depression relapse: A prospective study of tryptophan depletion as a potential predictor of depressive episodes.
In the Northern Hemisphere, where the ozone depletion is smaller, there is no strong link between stratospheric ozone depletion and tropospheric climate.
Congress invented percentage depletion, an annual deduction based on the gross income generated by a depletable property multiplied by an arbitrary depletion rate.
The depletion of cysteine induces cell cycle arrest in human T cells via intracellular depletion of glutathione and consecutively disturbed redox regulation.
Identify location of depletion to specific reach of streaa and quantify depletion.
Depletion Worksheet is enclosed to assist unitholders in computing their cost or percentage depletion deduction.
Thus, continuous serum asparagine depletion may be associated with better EFS than intermittent depletion.
Note: Depletion deduction is limited to the amount of federal depletion.
Definition, What is Depletion, and How Depletion works?