enlarge vs taper

enlarge

verb
  • To make (something) larger. 

  • To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule). 

  • To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc. 

  • To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate 

  • To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind. 

  • To grow larger. 

taper

verb
  • To make thinner or narrower at one end. 

  • To diminish gradually. 

  • To become thinner or narrower at one end. 

  • (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy. 

adj
  • Tapered; narrowing to a point. 

noun
  • A small light. 

  • A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing). 

  • Someone who works with tape or tapes. 

  • A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod. 

  • One who operates a tape machine. 

  • A slender wax candle. 

  • A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object. 

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