recover vs turn back

recover and turn back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recover	No	No	Yes	No
turn back	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of recover include regress, retrovert, return, revert.

recover (verb)	turn back (verb)
get over an illness or shock	go back to a previous state
regain a former condition after a financial loss	turn inside out or upside down
get or find back; recover the use of	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
regain or make up for	retrace one's course
reuse (materials from waste products)	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
cover anew