recede vs back off

recede and back off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recede	No	No	Yes	No
back off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, back off is a hyponym of recede; that is, back off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recede:

Other hyponyms of recede include fall back, retreat, retrograde, back down, back up.

recede (verb)	back off (verb)
become faint or more distant	move backwards from a certain position
retreat	remove oneself from an obligation
pull back or move away or backward