turn back vs recover

turn back and recover both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
turn back	No	No	Yes	No
recover	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of turn back include fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress, resile, go back, recuperate.

turn back (verb)	recover (verb)
go back to a previous state	get over an illness or shock
turn inside out or upside down	regain a former condition after a financial loss
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	get or find back; recover the use of
retrace one's course	regain or make up for
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings	reuse (materials from waste products)
	cover anew