regress vs regression

regression vs regress

regress and regression both are nouns.

regress is a verb but regression is not a verb.

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

As nouns, regress and regression are synonyms defined as:

regress and regression: returning to a former state

Other synonyms of regress include retrogression, retroversion, reversion.

regress (noun)	regression (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 relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
	an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

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

Difference between regress and regression

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