Difference between Shorten and Reducing

SHORTEN vs REDUCING: NOUN

Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
Loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

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

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 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.

Loss of excess weight (as by dieting)
Becoming slimmer
A device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.
A pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.
A & n. from reduce.
A furnace for reducing ores.

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

Mitigating, Cutting, Alleviating, Halving, Minimize, Limiting, Curtailing, Lessen, Curbing, Eliminating, Lessening, Lowering, Decreasing, Minimizing, Reduction

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

Streamlining, Mitigating, Cutting, Alleviating, Halving, Minimize, Limiting, Curtailing, Lessen, Curbing, Eliminating, Lessening, Lowering, Decreasing, Minimizing

Reducing household water use is most effective at reducing overall water use in developed nations where water consumption is quite large.
Breastfeeding appears to protect against asthma by reducing the risk of respiratory infections, rather than reducing the risk of allergy.
The interest on home loans is usually calculated either on monthly reducing or yearly reducing balance.
This intervention is believed to also contribute to reducing maternal mortality by reducing unwanted pregnancies.
That results in reducing the overall taxable profit, so reducing the tax.
Nearly a third indicated that reducing stress can assist with reducing high BP.
Americans everywhere reject the notion that reducing prescription drug costs means reducing innovation.
Reducing PIM levels starts with reducing nonlinearity in the circuit.
He believes in reducing expenditures before reducing taxes.
Reducing exposure amount by reducing daily caseloads, where feasible.