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retrograde vs regressive

regressive vs retrograde

retrograde and regressive both are adjectives.

retrograde is a verb but regressive is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
retrograde No Yes Yes No
regressive No Yes No No
retrograde (adjective) regressive (adjective)
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
going from better to worse
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
retrograde (verb) regressive (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 regressive

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