Difference between Shorten and Minimize

SHORTEN vs MINIMIZE: VERB

Cause to seem less serious; play down
To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
Represent as less significant or important
Belittle
Make small or insignificant

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 represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size.
To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.

To become short or shorter; contract; diminish in length: as, ropes shorten when wet.
To make anything short: used with in in the nautical phrase to shorten in on the cable, to heave in short or shorter.
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 short or friable, as pastry with butter or lard.
To pronounce or measure as short: as, to shorten a vowel or syllable.

Cause to seem less serious
To reduce to a minimum, or to the lowest terms or proportions; make as little or slight as possible; also, to depreciate; treat slightingly: as, to minimize the chances of war. Also spelled minimise.
Play down

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

Lessening, Counteract, Avoiding, Mitigating, Prevent, Reducing, Alleviate, Avoid, Reduce, Lessen, Mitigate, Derogate, Denigrate, Belittle, Understate

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

Minimal, Lessening, Counteract, Avoiding, Mitigating, Prevent, Reducing, Avoid, Reduce, Lessen, Mitigate, Derogate, Denigrate, Belittle, Understate

What can I do to minimize more quickly?
Contains soluble and insoluble fiber to minimize bloating.
The merchant is bound to minimize his damages.
Other steps were taken to minimize collateral damage.
Storing your food correctly will also minimize frost.
It is extremely important to prevent or minimize heat loss, or if in a desert environment, to minimize water loss.
History of Environmental Protect our system and minimize outages Minimize any adverse environmental impacts regulations possible, and and the public.
Ideally minimize all three, but the cheapest is not the lightest the most energy efficient; minimizing minimize the others.
Future challenges for the development of radiolabeled antibodies and peptides will notably be to minimize these toxicities, in particular to minimize renal failure.
This project will investigate innovative materials, designs, and manufacturing methods to minimize production cost, minimize weight, and maintain the relevant performance requirements.