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Lessen vs. Lesson
Lessen
/ˈlesən/Examples:
His speech did little to lessen the growing tension.The medicine may lessen the severity of your symptoms.She took steps to lessen her environmental impact.
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Lesson
/ˈlesən/Examples:
Lessons at school will begin next week.There are 3 lessons you need to keep in mind:'One day you will thank me for my lessons.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Lessen is related to the verb less, meaning to reduce or make something become less.
- Lesson can be remembered as a way to learn or teach something, like in school.
- Think of a lesson as a session of learning, which rhymes with lesson.
- If youre trying to lessen something, youre trying to make it smaller in amount or importance.
- These words have different parts of speech, with lessen being a verb and lesson being a noun.
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