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Degressive vs Regressive - What's the difference?

degressive | regressive |

As adjectives the difference between degressive and regressive

is that degressive is tending to decrease while regressive is that tends to return, revert or regress.

degressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to decrease
  • Decreasing in steps
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    regressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That tends to return, revert or regress.
  • (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases.

    • Antonyms

    * progressive

    Related terms

    * regress * regression

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