different between egressive vs regressive

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

egressive

1. Going or directed outward.
2. (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
3. (geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

   This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.

Antonyms

• ingressive

Noun

egressive (plural egressives)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

Antonyms

• ingressive

German

Adjective

egressive

1. inflection of egressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

egressive

1. feminine plural of egressivo

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)

1. That tends to return, revert or regress.
2. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

Antonyms

• progressive

Derived terms

• regressive assimilation (phonology)

Related terms

• regress
• regression

Translations

Further reading

• regressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regressive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regressive at OneLook Dictionary Search

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

regressive

1. inflection of regressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

regressive f pl

1. feminine plural of regressivo