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Backbend vs Backband - What's the difference?

backbend | backband |

As nouns the difference between backbend and backband

is that backbend is a move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands while backband is a band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

backbend

English

Alternative forms

* back bend * back-bend

Noun

(en noun)
  • (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "backbend")

    backband

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
    • (Webster 1913)