retrograde vs fall back

fall back vs retrograde

retrograde is an adjective but fall back is not an adjective.

retrograde and fall back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retrograde	No	Yes	Yes	No
fall back	No	No	Yes	No

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

retrograde: get worse or fall back to a previous condition
fall back: retreat

Other hyponyms of retrograde include drop off, fall behind, recede.

retrograde (adjective)	fall back (adjective)
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding 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)	fall back (verb)
get worse or fall back to a previous condition	go back to bad behavior
go back over	retreat
move back	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
move in a direction contrary to the usual one	fall backwards and down
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies	move back and away from
	have recourse to

Difference between retrograde and fall back

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