magnify vs wane

magnify

verb
  • To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc. 

  • To make (something) larger or more important. 

  • To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). 

  • To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. 

wane

verb
  • To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. 

  • Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength. 

  • Said of a time period that comes to an end. 

  • Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible. 

noun
  • A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. 

  • The end of a period. 

  • The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth. 

  • A child. 

  • A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark. 

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