backward vs retrograde

retrograde vs backward

backward and retrograde both are adjectives.

backward is not a verb while retrograde is a verb.

backward is an adverb but retrograde is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
backward	No	Yes	No	Yes
retrograde	No	Yes	Yes	No

backward (adjective)	retrograde (adjective)
directed or facing toward the back or rear	of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature	moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
retarded in intellectual development	going from better to worse
having made less than normal progress	moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

backward (verb)	retrograde (verb)
	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
	go back over
	move back
	move in a direction contrary to the usual one
	move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

backward (adverb)	retrograde (adverb)
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
in or to or toward a past time
at or to or toward the back or rear

Difference between backward and retrograde

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