Decaying vs. Decadent — What's the Difference?

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

Being in a state of decline or decay.

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

Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.

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

Often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.

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

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

To fall into ruin

Often Decadent A member of the Decadence movement.

To decline in health or vigor; waste away.

Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

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

Luxuriously self-indulgent.

To cause to decay.

A person affected by moral decay.

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

Decaying; deteriorating.

Rotted matter.

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.

See radioactive decay.

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

See particle decay.

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;

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

A gradual deterioration to an inferior state

A falling into ruin.

Present participle of decay

The process of undergoing decay.