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Difference Between Decaying and Decadent

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Decaying

(Biology) To break down into component parts; rot.

Decadent

Being in a state of decline or decay.

Decaying

(Physics) To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.

Decadent

Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.

Decaying

(Electronics) To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.

Decadent

Often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.

Decaying

(Aerospace) To decrease in orbit. Used of an artificial satellite.

Decadent

A person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay.

Decaying

To fall into ruin
A civilization that had begun to decay.

Decadent

Often Decadent A member of the Decadence movement.

Decaying

To decline in health or vigor; waste away.

Decadent

Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

Decaying

To decline from a state of normality, excellence, or prosperity; deteriorate.

Decadent

Luxuriously self-indulgent.

Decaying

To cause to decay.

Decadent

A person affected by moral decay.

Decaying

The destruction or decomposition of organic matter as a result of bacterial or fungal action; rot.

Decadent

Decaying; deteriorating.

Decaying

Rotted matter.

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".

Decaying

See radioactive decay.

Decadent

A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

Decaying

See particle decay.

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

Decaying

(Aerospace) The decrease in orbital altitude of an artificial satellite as a result of conditions such as atmospheric drag.

Decaying

A gradual deterioration to an inferior state
Tooth decay.
Urban decay.

Decaying

A falling into ruin.

Decaying

Present participle of decay

Decaying

The process of undergoing decay.

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