Difference between Retrograde and Regress

What is the difference between Retrograde and Regress?

Retrograde as a noun is a degenerate person. while Regress as a noun is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

Retrograde

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A degenerate person.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert. To show retrogradation.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion. Counterproductive to a desired outcome.

Example sentence: The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.

Regress

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.The power or liberty of passing back.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

We hope you now know whether to use Retrograde or Regress in your sentence.

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