Backlash vs Comeback - What's the difference?
backlash | comeback |
A sudden backward motion.
A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
(mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
To cause or set off a backlash.
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=February 5
, author=Paul Fletcher
, title=Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal
, work=BBC
* {{quote-news
, year=2013
, date=December 6
, author= alim17
, title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!
, work=allkpop.com
A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
As nouns the difference between backlash and comeback
is that backlash is a sudden backward motion while comeback is comeback.As a verb backlash
is to cause or set off a backlash.backlash
English
Noun
(es)- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
Verb
- (en)
comeback
English
Noun
(en noun)- That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .
citation, page= , passage=Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.}}
citation, page= , passage= According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback' next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale '''comeback'''! It will be the girls' first Korean ' comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy." }}
- I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.