decline vs retrograde

retrograde vs decline

decline is a noun but retrograde is not a noun.

decline is not an adjective while retrograde is an adjective.

decline and retrograde both are verbs.

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

As verbs, retrograde is a hyponym of decline; that is, retrograde is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decline:

decline: grow worse
retrograde: get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Other hyponyms of decline include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrogress, turn down.

decline (noun)	retrograde (noun)
a downward slope or bend
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (adjective)	retrograde (adjective)
	of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
	moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
	going from better to worse
	moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

decline (verb)	retrograde (verb)
grow smaller	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
grow worse	go back over
show unwillingness towards	move back
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.	move in a direction contrary to the usual one
go down	move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
fall in value
not accept as true

Difference between decline and retrograde

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