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revolve vs retrograde

retrograde vs revolve

revolve is not an adjective while retrograde is an adjective.

revolve and retrograde both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
revolve No No Yes No
retrograde No Yes Yes No
As verbs, retrograde is a hyponym of revolve; that is, retrograde is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than revolve:
  • revolve: move in an orbit
  • retrograde: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
revolve (adjective) retrograde (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
revolve (verb) retrograde (verb)
turn on or around an axis or a center get worse or fall back to a previous condition
move in an orbit go back over
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis move back
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
Difference between revolve and retrograde

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