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Difference Between Crescent and Decrescent

Crescent

A crescent shape (, British English also ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his head symbolising that the lord is the master of time and is himself timeless.
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Decrescent

Becoming gradually less; waning.
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Crescent

the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon
the moon was a slender crescent
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Decrescent

Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
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Crescent

a thing which has the shape of a single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end
a three-mile crescent of golden sand
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Decrescent

Waning.
a decrescent moon
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Crescent

a moth or butterfly with crescent-shaped markings on the wings.
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Decrescent

(heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right).
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Crescent

having the shape of a crescent
a crescent moon
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Decrescent

Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
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Crescent

growing, increasing, or developing.
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Decrescent

A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
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Crescent

The figure of the moon as it appears before its first quarter phase or after its third quarter phase, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
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Crescent

A curved street.
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Crescent

A curved block of buildings, especially row houses, forming a continuous facade.
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Crescent

A curved pastry.
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Crescent

Crescent-shaped.
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Crescent

Waxing, as the moon approaching its first quarter phase; increasing.
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Crescent

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
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Crescent

Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
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Crescent

A curved pastry.
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Crescent

A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
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Crescent

(Islam) A representation of crescent used as a symbol of Islam.
Turkish flag features a white star and crescent on red base.
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Crescent

(NZ) A crescent spanner.
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Crescent

(historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
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Crescent

(heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
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Crescent

A crescentspot butterfly.
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Crescent

marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
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Crescent

Shaped like a crescent.
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Crescent

(transitive) To form a crescent shape
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Crescent

(transitive) To decorate with crescents.
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Crescent

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
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Crescent

Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
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Crescent

A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
The cross of our faith is replanted,The pale, dying crescent is daunted.
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Crescent

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
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Crescent

The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; - often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
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Crescent

Shaped like a crescent.
Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
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Crescent

Increasing; growing.
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
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Crescent

To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
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Crescent

To adorn with crescents.
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Crescent

any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
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Crescent

resembling the new moon in shape
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