Difference between Diminishing and Decreasing

What is the difference between Diminishing and Decreasing?

Diminishing as a verb is to make smaller. while Decreasing as a verb is of a quantity, to become smaller.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: becoming smaller

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make smaller.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A diminishment.

Example sentence: Large conventional power plants will continue to be built, but their significance for energy supply is diminishing.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Of a quantity, to become smaller.

We hope you now know whether to use Diminishing or Decreasing in your sentence.