“Cars depreciate the moment you drive them off the lot; houses usually appreciate.”
Usage Entry 1105 / 1350 60-second read
Depreciate vs. Appreciate
To lose value versus to gain value (or, to value).
The comparisoni
“Cars depreciate the moment you drive them off the lot; houses usually appreciate.”
The ruleii
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DEPRECIATE = lose value. APPRECIATE = gain value.
Both refer to how the market values an asset. DEPRECIATE = loses value over time (cars). APPRECIATE = gains value (often land). APPRECIATE also means to value (I appreciate it), but DEPRECIATE never means "to devalue verbally" in modern use — that would be DEPRECATE.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Depreciate drops. Appreciate rises.