Progressive vs Retrograde - What's the difference?
progressive | retrograde |
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
Of or relating to progressive education.
(of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
Advancing in severity.
liberal (politically)
(grammar) continuous
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
(grammar) A progressive verb.
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.
* Shakespeare
* It is most retrograde to our desire.
(astronomy, of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
A degenerate person.
(music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
(astronomy) To show retrogradation.
As an adjective progressive
is belonging to or supporting a.As a noun progressive
is a member or supporter of a.As a verb retrograde is
.progressive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a progressive politician
- progressive business leadership
- a progressive school
- progressive paralysis
Antonyms
* regressive * (advancing in severity) non-progressive * conservativeDerived terms
* progressive euchre * progressiveness * progressivism * progressivityNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* future perfect progressive * future progressive * past perfect progressive * past progressive * present perfect progressive * present progressiveretrograde
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) < (etyl) retrogradus.Adjective
(en adjective)- retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
