Crescent vs. Decrescent — What's the Difference?

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.

Becoming gradually less; waning.

The curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon

Becoming gradually less; diminishing.

A thing which has the shape of a single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end

Waning.

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

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

Having the shape of a crescent

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

Growing, increasing, or developing.

A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

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.

A curved street.

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

A curved pastry.

Crescent-shaped.

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

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.

Something shaped like a crescent, especially:

A curved pastry.

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

(Islam) A representation of crescent used as a symbol of Islam.

(NZ) A crescent spanner.

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

(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.

A crescentspot butterfly.

Marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.

Shaped like a crescent.

(transitive) To form a crescent shape

(transitive) To decorate with crescents.

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.

Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge

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.

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.

Shaped like a crescent.

Increasing; growing.

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

To adorn with crescents.

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

Resembling the new moon in shape