Therapist vs. Shrink — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Therapist and Shrink
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Therapist
A person skilled in a particular kind of therapy
A certified massage therapist
Shrink
To become or appear to become smaller
The shadows shrank as the sun rose higher. The mountains shrank in the distance as we drove away.
Therapist
A person who specializes in psychotherapy.
Shrink
To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold
The sweater shrank in the wash.
Therapist
A person who specializes in any of various other medical or psychological therapies
A speech therapist.
A physical therapist.
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Shrink
To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle
His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
Therapist
Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
Shrink
To move back or away, especially in fear
"She shrank back against the wall and flattened her palms against it" (Pearl S. Buck).
Therapist
A psychotherapist specifically.
Shrink
To show reluctance; hesitate
We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice.
Therapist
A person skilled in a particular type of therapy
Shrink
To cause to shrink
The treatment shrank the tumor.
Shrink
The act of shrinking.
Shrink
The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.
Shrink
(Slang) A psychotherapist.
Shrink
(transitive) To cause to become smaller.
The dryer shrank my sweater.
Shrink
(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
This garment will shrink when wet.
Shrink
(intransitive) To cower or flinch.
Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
Shrink
(transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
Shrink
To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
Shrink
(intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
Shrink
Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
Shrink
A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.
My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
Shrink
Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
Shrink
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
And on a broken reed he still did stayHis feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay.
I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.
Against this fire do I shrink up.
And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
All the boards did shrink.
Shrink
To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
What happier natures shrink at with affright,The hard inhabitant contends is right.
They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.
Shrink
To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
Shrink
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
Shrink
To draw back; to withdraw.
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.
Shrink
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,That I had less to praise.
Shrink
A psychiatrist.
Shrink
A physician who specializes in psychiatry
Shrink
Wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
The fruit dried and shriveled
Shrink
Draw back, as with fear or pain;
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Shrink
Reduce in size; reduce physically;
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image?
Shrink
Become smaller or draw together;
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank
Shrink
Decrease in size, range, or extent;
His earnings shrank
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
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