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Backboard vs Packboard - What's the difference?

backboard | packboard |

As nouns the difference between backboard and packboard

is that backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached while packboard is a board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.

backboard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
  • (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
  • (medicine, first aid) A spine board.

    • packboard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.