abstract thought vs regress

regress vs abstract thought

abstract thought and regress both are nouns.

abstract thought is not a verb while regress is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abstract thought	Yes	No	No	No
regress	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, regress is a hyponym of abstract thought; that is, regress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than abstract thought:

abstract thought: thinking that is coherent and logical
regress: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

Other hyponyms of abstract thought include analysis, analytic thinking, argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument, conjecture, deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis, illation, inference, anticipation, prediction, prevision, ratiocination, reasoning backward, synthesis, synthetic thinking.

abstract thought (noun)	regress (noun)
thinking that is coherent and logical	returning to a former state
	the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

abstract thought (verb)	regress (verb)
	go back to bad behavior
	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
	go back to a previous state
	go back to a statistical means

Difference between abstract thought and regress

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