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Retrograde vs Go_back - What's the difference?

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Retrograde is a related term of go_back.


As verbs the difference between retrograde and go_back

is that retrograde is while go_back is to return to a place after having been there at a previous time.

retrograde

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) < (etyl) retrogradus.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
    • retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
  • 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.
    • Related terms
    * anterograde * prograde

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ).

    Verb

    (retrograd)
  • To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
  • (astronomy) To show retrogradation.
    • Related terms
    * retrogress * retrogression * retrogressive

    Antonyms

    * prograde * direct ----

    go_back

    English

    Verb

  • To return to a place after having been there at a previous time.
  • *
    • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
  • (of two or more persons) To have known each other for a certain length of time.
    • Bill and I go back to college.
  • To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.
    • You promised me that you'd pay up today, no going back on your word.

    Usage notes

    * (return) "Go" is used when talking about returning to a place where the speaker is not presently located. Otherwise "come" (i.e. "come back") is used.