Difference between Diminish and Curtail

DIMINISH vs CURTAIL: NOUN

A corruption of curtal. Compare curtail, v.
In architecture, a member shaped like a volute or scroll, especially in stair-building, as in the lower termination of a hand-rail or the projection of the lowest step of a flight. See curtail-step.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor.
To take away; to subtract.
One whose upper diameter is less than the lower.
A scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute.
A board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
A stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
To cut short or reduce: : shorten.

Synonyms Dwindle, Contract, etc. (see decrease); to shrink, subside, abate, ebb, fall off.
To lessen; become or appear less or smaller; dwindle: as, the prospect of success is diminishing by delay.
In music, to lessen by a semitone, as an interval.
To taper, as a column.
To lessen; make or seem to make less or smaller by any means; reduce: opposed to increase and augment: as, to diminish a number by subtraction; to diminish the revenue by reducing the customs.
To lower in power, importance, or estimation; degrade; belittle; detract from.
To take away; subtract: with from, and applied to the object removed.

To deprive by excision or removal; abate by deprivation or negation: as, to curtail one of part of his allowance, or of his proper title.
To cut short; cut off the end or a part of; dock; diminish in extent or quantity: as, to curtail words.

Wane, Impair, Hamper, Undercut, Hinder, Detract, Dampen, Dilute, Undermine, Weaken, Erode, Fall, Decrease, Belittle, Lessen

Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict

Impede, Impair, Hamper, Undercut, Hinder, Detract, Dampen, Dilute, Undermine, Weaken, Erode, Fall, Decrease, Belittle, Lessen

Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict

UK domestic law or diminish rights of individuals.
It is to obey body and diminish spirit.
To diminish or destruct in a slow fashion.
We expect this concentration to diminish over time.
As all the time speeds can diminish depending.
To diminish that, change your cabin air filter.
Over time, this source of moisture will diminish.
You love them and these outward appearances do NOT diminish your child and they do NOT diminish your love or commitment for your child!
Passage of time may diminish complicity with prior evil acts, though it does not diminish the evil nature of the original act.
They do not diminish the obligations of any employer or diminish workplace safety.

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