Digress vs. Regress
Difference Between Digress and Regress
Digressverb
To stray temporarily from the topic at hand, as in delivering a speech or engaging in a discussion.
Regressverb
To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state
When I left the country, my ability to speak the language regressed.Digressverb
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
Regressverb
To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean.
Digressverb
(intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Regressverb
To move backward or away from a reference point; recede
The seas regressed as the glaciers grew larger.Digressverb
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;
She always digresses when telling a storyher mind wandersDon't digress when you give a lectureRegressverb
To induce a state of regression in
techniques to regress a patient under hypnosis.Digressverb
wander from a direct or straight course
Regressnoun
The act of regressing, especially the returning to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
Regressnoun
The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause or of continually applying a process of reasoning to its own results.
Regressnoun
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
Regressnoun
The power or liberty of passing back.
Regressnoun
In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
Regressverb
(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
Regressverb
To move from east to west.
Regressverb
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.Regressnoun
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Regressnoun
returning to a former state
Regressverb
go back to a statistical means
Regressverb
go back to a previous state;
We reverted to the old rulesRegressverb
get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition
Regressverb
go back to bad behavior;
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
