Decaying vs. Decadent
Difference Between Decaying and Decadent
Decaying➦
(Biology) To break down into component parts; rot.
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Decadent➦
Being in a state of decline or decay.
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Decaying➦
(Physics) To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
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Decadent➦
Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.
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Decaying➦
(Electronics) To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.
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Decadent➦
often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.
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Decaying➦
(Aerospace) To decrease in orbit. Used of an artificial satellite.
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Decadent➦
A person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay.
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Decaying➦
To fall into ruin
a civilization that had begun to decay.
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Decadent➦
often Decadent A member of the Decadence movement.
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Decaying➦
To decline in health or vigor; waste away.
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Decadent➦
Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
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Decaying➦
To decline from a state of normality, excellence, or prosperity; deteriorate.
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Decadent➦
Luxuriously self-indulgent.
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Decaying➦
To cause to decay.
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Decadent➦
A person affected by moral decay.
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Decaying➦
The destruction or decomposition of organic matter as a result of bacterial or fungal action; rot.
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Decadent➦
Decaying; deteriorating.
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Decaying➦
Rotted matter.
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Decadent➦
One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; - specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.
The decadents and æsthetes, and certain types of realists.
The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by "decadents".
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Decaying➦
See radioactive decay.
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Decadent➦
a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
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Decaying➦
See particle decay.
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Decadent➦
marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;
a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility
a group of effete self-professed intellectuals
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Decaying➦
(Aerospace) The decrease in orbital altitude of an artificial satellite as a result of conditions such as atmospheric drag.
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Decaying➦
A gradual deterioration to an inferior state
tooth decay.
urban decay.
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Decaying➦
A falling into ruin.
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Decaying➦
present participle of decay
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Decaying➦
The process of undergoing decay.
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