regress vs reversion

reversion vs regress

regress and reversion both are nouns.

regress is a verb but reversion is not a verb.

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

As nouns, regress and reversion are synonyms defined as:

regress and reversion: returning to a former state

Other synonyms of regress include regression, retrogression, retroversion.

regress (noun)	reversion (noun)
returning to a former state	a failure to maintain a higher state
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence	turning in the opposite direction
	returning to a former state
	(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
	(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

regress (verb)	reversion (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 reversion

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