These words are comparable when they mean to exhibit motion or other activity in a forward or upward direction or towards some specific goal. Go and move are the most general, and include among their implications the ideas of advance and rise . Advance is the most explicit in indicating a forward direction, and rise is the most explicit in indicating an upward direction. Thus, a platoon may be ordered to go or to advance to the top of the next hill. An army may get an order to move or advance at dawn. Prices may advance or rise ; a stagnant economy may be made to move or advance . A stalled car may be made to go or move .

To proceed is to begin or continue to go or advance in an orderly fashion, especially when used in the imperative.

• Proceed to the next order of business; Proceed to the next crossroad.

Progress means to advance or move towards a definite goal.

• A university student progresses towards graduation; The moon progresses through its successive phases.