decrease , reduce and relieve
- Thread starter Dasky
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Work probably doesn't "decrease" or "reduce" your problems, Dasky, unless work actually makes some of those problems disappear.
If you mean to say that work relieves your worries about your problems, you should say that: Work relieves the worries I have about my problems. You could also say that work reduces your anxiety about your problems.
If you mean to say that work relieves your worries about your problems, you should say that: Work relieves the worries I have about my problems. You could also say that work reduces your anxiety about your problems.
Thanks a lot
so I can use relieve and reduce with worries, fears, bad feelings etc, but not decrease.
You are quite welcome. You can use "decrease" for bad feelings and fears, but "decrease" is probably not as common as "relieve" or "reduce".
It doesn't make sense to say that work "decreases" or "reduces" your problems unless it makes some of those problems disappear. "Problems" really isn't a synonym for "worries", "fears", or "anxiety".
I see, thanks.
