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Backfire vs Undefined - What's the difference?

backfire | undefined |

As a verb backfire

is (of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.

As a noun backfire

is (firefighting).

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

backfire

English

Verb

(backfir)
  • (Of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
  • To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
    • His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars horribly backfired when fuel prices tripled.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (firefighting)

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined