Difference between Downward and Decrease

DOWNWARD vs DECREASE: NOUN

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

Directed toward a lower place or position.
Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected.
Moving or sloping down
On or toward a surface regarded as a base

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

From a prior source or earlier time.
Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank.
Toward the feet or lower parts.
Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale.
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course.
From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Toward a lower level, either in space or in a hierarchy or an amount
In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position.

In the lower parts; as regards the lower parts or extremities.
In a course or direction from a head, origin, source, or remoter point in space or in time: as, water flows downward toward the sea; to trace successive generations downward from the earliest records.
From a higher to a lower place, condition, or state.
Descending from a head, origin, or source: as, the downward course of a river; a downward tracing of records.
Moving or tending from a higher to a lower place, condition, or state; taking a descending direction, literally or figuratively: as, the downward course of a mountain path, or of a drunkard.

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.

Decrement, Decreased, Retrograde, Falling, Low, Decrease, Decreasing, Downshift, Declining, Backward, Negative, Downside, Decline, Descending, Down

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

Decrement, Decreased, Retrograde, Falling, Low, Decrease, Decreasing, Downshift, Declining, Backward, Negative, Downside, Decline, Descending, Down

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

It also bends the future cost curves downward.
She stepped back, casting blessedly cool air downward.
It accelerates downward after this moment since it rides down the hill, so the downward force has got to be bigger.
This indicates the EPA clauses are resulting in a somewhat even split between upward and downward adjustments, with slightly more downward adjustments.
Other hosts hit a downward spiral, and in the case of Ray Combs, his downward spiral was irreversible.
This is called a downward departure or a downward variance.
The downward acceleration and upward velocity of these clouds allowed the larger particles to drift downward.
If the breakout is downward, draw a trendline downward following the price action.
It could be of the following types: Downward rigidity or sticky downward means that there is resistance to the prices adjusting downward.
Downward rigidity or sticky downward means that there is resistance to the prices adjusting downward.

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.