Difference between Decrease and Regress

DECREASE vs REGRESS: NOUN

A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
The wane of the moon.
A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay.
A becoming less; diminution; wane (as applied to the moon); decay: as, a rapid decrease of revenue or of strength.
The act or process of decreasing.
A process of becoming smaller or shorter
A change downward
The amount by which something decreases
The act of decreasing or reducing something
The amount by which something is lessened; extent of loss or decrement: as, a great decrease in production or of income.

Returning to a former state
The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause or of continually applying a process of reasoning to its own results.
Passage back; return.
The power or liberty of returning or passing back.
In Scots law, reëntry.
In canon law. See access, 7.
In logic, the passage in thought from effect to cause.
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”.
The power or liberty of passing back.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence.

To make less; lessen; make smaller in dimensions, amount, quality, excellence, etc.; reduce gradually or by small deductions.
To become less; lessen; be diminished gradually in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, influence, or excellence: as, the days decrease in length from June to December.
Make become smaller
(intransitive; transitive verb) To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.

Reduce, Reduced, Reductions, Decline, Increase, Step down, Minify, Drop off, Fall, Decrement, Diminish, Lessen, Lessening, Diminution, Reduction

Backsliding, Reasoning backward, Retroversion, Turn back, Fall back, Return, Lapse, Retrograde, Reversion, Retrogression, Recidivate, Relapse, Revert, Retrogress, Regression

Shrinkage, Deterioration, Reducing, Lower, Reduce, Reduced, Decline, Increase, Drop off, Fall, Decrement, Diminish, Lessen, Lessening, Diminution

Slump, Decrease, Backspace, Rewind, Retrogressive, Backward, Deterioration, Decline, Turn back, Fall back, Return, Lapse, Retrograde, Recidivate, Relapse

Each quarter we evaluate the fairvalue of our MSRs, and any decrease in fair value reduces earningsin the period in which the decrease occurs.
Paradoxically, economic theory suggests that this decrease in demand and subsequent decrease in cost of using the resource could cause a rebound in demand.
Moreover, because demand is negatively sloped, the increase in price would decrease total units sold, which would almost certainly decrease total cost.
May cause a decrease in blood pressure, a decrease in pulse, and syncope.
As they move apart the accelerations on each will decrease because the force will decrease.
The decrease in selling expenses is attributable to a decrease in advertising expense and bad debt expense.
Usually when you start an intervention this rate will decrease, then increase and finally decrease.
This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in voice and handset revenues.
It can decrease blood flow to an area and decrease swelling.
Debt Service decrease is the result of a decrease in interest expense as compared to last year due to a decrease in principal balance.

Other times, they regress due to stress or anxiety.
Some children may regress in previously obtained skills.
That number has to regress at some point.
How do I change or regress my points?
Do you regress the IV on the DV, or do you regress the DV on the IV?
Economic progress may well coincide with political regress.
Log message: Add regress for extensible buffer code.
Fear the Regress: Cognitive Values and Epistemic Infinitism.
Although you pass parameters to REGRESS using an argument list in parentheses, REGRESS is not a function.
These white, scarlike areas usually regress as the papillae regress.