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retrograde vs anterograde

anterograde vs retrograde

retrograde and anterograde both are adjectives.

retrograde is a verb but anterograde is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
retrograde No Yes Yes No
anterograde No Yes No No
retrograde (adjective) anterograde (adjective)
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
going from better to worse
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
retrograde (verb) anterograde (verb)
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back over
move back
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
Difference between retrograde and anterograde

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