decrease vs perfecting

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. 

perfecting

noun
  • The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press. 

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