turn back vs recuperate

turn back and recuperate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, recuperate is a hyponym of turn back; that is, recuperate 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, recover.

turn back (verb)	recuperate (verb)
go back to a previous state	get over an illness or shock
turn inside out or upside down	restore to good health or strength
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	regain a former condition after a financial loss
retrace one's course	regain or make up for
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings