regress vs decline

decline vs regress

regress and decline both are nouns.

regress and decline both are verbs.

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

As verbs, decline is a hypernym of regress; that is, decline is a word with a broader meaning than regress:

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

Other hypernyms of regress include worsen.

regress (noun)	decline (noun)
returning to a former state	a downward slope or bend
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence	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

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

Difference between regress and decline

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