reversion vs regression

regression vs reversion

reversion and regression both are nouns.

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

As nouns, reversion and regression are synonyms defined as:

reversion and regression: returning to a former state

Other synonyms of reversion include regress, retrogression, retroversion.

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

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