Decimate vs. Tithe — What's the Difference?

To destroy or kill a large part of (a group of people or organisms).

A tithe (; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Today, tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash or cheques, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural produce.

To inflict great destruction or damage on

One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy.

To reduce markedly in amount

Pay or give as a tithe

To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).

A portion of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as a tax, especially a contribution of one tenth of one's income for the support of the clergy or church.

(archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.

The institution or obligation of paying tithes.

To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.

A tax or assessment of one tenth.

(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.

A tenth part.

(obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax

A very small part.

To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.

To pay (a portion of one's income) as a tithe.

(obsolete) To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths, etc.

To levy a tithe on.

(proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.

To pay a tithe.

(computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.

(archaic) A tenth.

(obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.

(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses.

(obsolete) A tenth of something.

A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).

(obsolete) A set of ten items.

A small part or proportion.

To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

(archaic) Tenth.

To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

(transitive) To pay something as a tithe.

Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

(transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.

Kill in large numbers;

(intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax

To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

(transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.

(transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).

(transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.

To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.

(intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.

To compose the tenth part of something.

A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.

Hence, a small part or proportion.

Tenth.

To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

Tp pay tithes.

A levy of one tenth of something

An offering of a tenth part of some personal income

Exact a tithe from;

Levy a tithe on (produce or a crop);

Pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church;

Pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church;