retrogress vs recede

retrogress and recede both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retrogress	No	No	Yes	No
recede	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recede is a hyponym of retrogress; that is, recede is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retrogress:

Other hyponyms of retrogress include drop off, fall back, fall behind.

retrogress (verb)	recede (verb)
go back to bad behavior	become faint or more distant
get worse or fall back to a previous condition	retreat
	pull back or move away or backward