decorate vs decrease

decorate

verb
  • To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item. 

  • To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment. 

  • To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office. 

  • To furnish with decorations. 

  • To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office. 

decrease

verb
  • Of a quantity, to become smaller. 

  • To make (a quantity) smaller. 

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. 

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