regress

In intransitive terms the difference between drown and regress

is that drown is to be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation while regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

As a noun regress is

the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

As nouns the difference between regress and regret

is that regress is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression while regret is emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.

As verbs the difference between regress and regret

is that regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve while regret is to feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

As verbs the difference between oppress and regress

is that oppress is physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

As a noun regress is

the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

In intransitive terms the difference between regress and withdraw

is that regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve while withdraw is to be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

As a noun regress

is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

As nouns the difference between regress and compensation

is that regress is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression while compensation is the act or principle of compensating.

As a verb regress

is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

As nouns the difference between regress and pullback

is that regress is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression while pullback is the act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.

As a verb regress

is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

In intransitive terms the difference between decline and regress

is that decline is to become weaker or worse while regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

As nouns the difference between regress and conserve

is that regress is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression while conserve is wilderness where human development is prohibited.

As verbs the difference between regress and conserve

is that regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve while conserve is to save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

As verbs the difference between retrace and regress

is that retrace is to trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery while regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

As nouns the difference between retrace and regress

is that retrace is the period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display while regress is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

In intransitive terms the difference between regress and degrade

is that regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve while degrade is to reduce in quality or purity.

As a noun regress

is the act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.