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Repercussions vs Backlash - What's the difference?

repercussions | backlash |

As verbs the difference between repercussions and backlash

is that repercussions is while backlash is to cause or set off a backlash.

As a noun backlash is

a sudden backward motion.

repercussions

English

Noun

(head)
  • backlash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
  • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (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.
  • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
  • (en)