Difference between Decompress and Depressurise

What is the difference between Decompress and Depressurise?

Decompress as a verb is to relieve the pressure or compression on something. while Depressurise as a verb is to reduce the air pressure within a chamber.

Decompress

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To relieve the pressure or compression on something. To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure. To restore compressed data to its normal size. To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure. To relax.

Depressurise

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.

We hope you now know whether to use Decompress or Depressurise in your sentence.

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