regression vs reversion

reversion vs regression

regression and reversion both are nouns.

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

As nouns, regression and reversion are synonyms defined as:

regression and reversion: returning to a former state

Other synonyms of regression include regress, retrogression, retroversion.

regression (noun)	reversion (noun)
returning to a former state	a failure to maintain a higher state
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)	turning in the opposite direction
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state	returning to a former state
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely	(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)

Difference between regression and reversion

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