worsen vs retrogress

retrogress vs worsen

worsen and retrogress both are verbs.

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

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

worsen: grow worse
retrogress: get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Other hyponyms of worsen include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, turn down.

worsen (verb)	retrogress (verb)
grow worse	go back to bad behavior
make worse	get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Difference between worsen and retrogress

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