regress vs regress

regress and regress both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of regress include fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress, resile, go back, recover, recuperate.

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

regress (verb)	regress (verb)
go back to bad behavior	go back to bad behavior
get worse or fall back to a previous condition	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back to a previous state	go back to a previous state
go back to a statistical means	go back to a statistical means