go back vs go backwards

go back

verb
  • To go back on. 

  • To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. 

  • To have known each other for a certain length of time. 

  • To extend into past time. 

go backwards

verb
  • To decline or deteriorate; to get worse. 

How often have the words go back and go backwards occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )