decline vs retrogress

retrogress vs decline

decline is a noun but retrogress is not a noun.

decline and retrogress both are verbs.

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

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

decline: grow worse
retrogress: 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, retrograde, turn down.

decline (noun)	retrogress (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 (verb)	retrogress (verb)
grow smaller	go back to bad behavior
grow worse	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
show unwillingness towards
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
go down
fall in value
not accept as true

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