Backlash vs Protest - What's the difference?
backlash | protest |
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.
(label) To make a strong objection.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
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(label) To affirm (something).
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will protest your cowardice.
*1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
*:She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
To object to.
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To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
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As nouns the difference between backlash and protest
is that backlash is a sudden backward motion while protest is protest.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)
protest
English
(wikipedia protest)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
