Pushback vs Backlash - What's the difference?
pushback | backlash |
The act of repelling (an enemy, etc).
A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.
Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
*19 December 2014 , Paul M Farber in (The Guardian) Online,
*:We’ve seen that before, too: civil rights era sit-ins and freedom rides with multiracial participants drew the fierce ire of authorities alike, but black protesters were far more likely to be targeted with harsh jail sentences and violent pushback .
* March 01 2006 , Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor , headline of an
* Sept 28 2006 , op-ed article on Bill Clinton,
(rare, nonstandard) Backlash of any sort.
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.
As nouns the difference between pushback and backlash
is that pushback is the act of repelling (an enemy, etc) while backlash is a sudden backward motion.As a verb backlash is
to cause or set off a backlash.pushback
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Alternative forms
* push back * push-backNoun
Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next
article
- More pushback from Hill on eavesdropping
Washington Post:
- Moreover, when Democrats, notably former House minority leader Richard Gephardt, finally put their heads up in the late spring of 2002 to ask questions about that Aug. 6, 2001, memo warning of the possibility of terrorist attacks, the Republican pushback was furious.
backlash
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Noun
(es)- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
Verb
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