Recede vs Retrogress - What's the difference?
recede | retrogress |
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
* Dryden
* Bentley
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
To take back.
To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
To go backwards; to retreat.
To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.
As verbs the difference between recede and retrogress
is that recede is while retrogress is to return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.recede
English
Verb
(reced)- Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
- All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
- to recede conquered territory