Difference between Reduces and Shorten

REDUCES vs SHORTEN: NOUN

Pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter
A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver

Undergo meiosis
Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Take off weight
Be cooked until very little liquid is left
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
Make less complex
Make smaller
Lessen and make more modest
Be the essential element
Cook until very little liquid is left
Narrow or limit
Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
Reduce in size; reduce physically
To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Put down by force or intimidation
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reduce.
Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

To become short or shorter.
To take in (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the wind, thereby reducing speed.
To add shortening to (dough) so as to make flaky.
To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.
To make short or shorter.

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
To take in the slack of it.
To reduce sail by taking it in.

To come short; fail.
To make short or shorter; abridge; curtail: as, to shorten hours of work; to shorten the skirt of a dress.
To make appear short: as, pleasant companionship shortens a journey; a concave mirror shortens the face.
Figuratively, to make inefficient or incapable. Compare short-armed.
To take in; contract; lessen in extent or amount: as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance.
To check; confine; restrain.
To deprive.
To cause to come short or fail.
To make anything short: used with in in the nautical phrase to shorten in on the cable, to heave in short or shorter.
To pronounce or measure as short: as, to shorten a vowel or syllable.
To become short or shorter; contract; diminish in length: as, ropes shorten when wet.
To make short or friable, as pastry with butter or lard.

Slim, Abbreviate, Subdue, Concentrate, Slenderize, Foreshorten, Repress, Quash, Tighten, Dilute, Trim, Simplify, Shrink, Cut, Shorten

Interrupt, Lessen, Expedite, Improve, Streamline, Accelerate, Bowdlerize, Bowdlerise, Expurgate, Contract, Abridge, Foreshorten, Cut, Abbreviate, Reduce

Thin, Subjugate, Abridge, Slim, Abbreviate, Subdue, Foreshorten, Quash, Tighten, Dilute, Trim, Simplify, Shrink, Cut, Shorten

Minimize, Reducing, Interrupt, Lessen, Expedite, Improve, Streamline, Accelerate, Expurgate, Contract, Abridge, Foreshorten, Cut, Abbreviate, Reduce

This Excess Withdrawal reduces the Reference Value in the same proportion as it reduces the Contract Value.
This reduces the amount of heat absorbed into the building, so reduces energy needed to cool the building.
It reduces the amount of time for interest to compound, which reduces the total mortgage balance over time, Henninger says.
Current support reduces only if the language in the order specifies that it reduces when one of the children emancipates.
This also reduces blood circulation, reduces sebum production and depletes the lipid layer so the body loses natural oil.
This filter effectively reduces the amount of reflection that reaches the eye, and so reduces glare.
Instead, they proposed the government reduces its current spending and reduces the budget assigned to agencies.
Using the anaerobic digester reduces area truck trips substantially and reduces waste costs by millions of dollars.
This reduces the need for new or additional infrastructure and reduces costs across all levels.
Increased poverty reduces human capital and often creates political instability that reduces investment.