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Assets vs Fallback - What's the difference?

assets | fallback |

As nouns the difference between assets and fallback

is that assets is while fallback is an act of falling back.

As an adjective fallback is

that can be resorted to as a fallback.

assets

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
  • His assets are much greater than his liabilities.
  • (legal) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
  • Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
  • fallback

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fall-back

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of falling back.
  • A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
  • As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
  • (construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating in a relatively closed container.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of falling back) ebbing, recession, retreat * (backup plan) back-up/backup, plan B, recourse

    Derived terms

    * automatic fallback * modulation fallback

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That can be resorted to as a fallback.
  • a fallback plan

    Synonyms

    * alternate/alternative, back-up/backup, secondary

    Derived terms

    * fallback font