different between oppress vs regress

English

Etymology

From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: op?press

Verb

oppress (third-person singular simple present oppresses, present participle oppressing, simple past and past participle oppressed)

1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

3. (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Conjugation

Related terms

• oppression
• oppressive

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• porpess, soppers

English

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?????s/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /??????s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2. The power or liberty of passing back.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress

Derived terms

• infinite regress
• Ryle's regress

Synonyms

• retrogress

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

Synonyms

• backslide

Antonyms

• advance
• proceed
• progress

Translations

Related terms

• regression
• regressive

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sergers

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin regressus (“back step”), from re- (“back”) +? gressus (“step”).

Noun

regress

1. regress.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN