go back vs revert

go back and revert both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
go back	No	No	Yes	No
revert	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, revert is a hypernym of go back; that is, revert is a word with a broader meaning than go back:

Other hypernyms of go back include regress, retrovert, return, turn back.

go back (verb)	revert (verb)
regain a former condition after a financial loss	go back to a previous state
return in thought or speech to something	undergo reversion, as in a mutation
belong to an earlier time