Decreased vs. Reduced

Decreasedverb

simple past tense and past participle of decrease

Reducedverb

simple past tense and past participle of reduce

Decreased

made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of increased.

Reducedadjective

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.

‘the reduced prices in a summer sale’;

Decreasedadjective

made less in size or amount or degree

Reducedadjective

Discounted in price.

‘the reduced goods at the sale’;

Reducedadjective

(cookery) Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.

‘The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce.’;

Reducedadjective

made less in size or amount or degree

Reducedadjective

well below normal (especially in price)