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Backless vs Barkless - What's the difference?

backless | barkless |

As adjectives the difference between backless and barkless

is that backless is having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses while barkless is without bark (the tree covering).

backless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
    • a backless surgical gown
  • * 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
    • The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...
  • (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin

    • barkless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without bark (the tree covering).
  • (of a dog) That does not bark.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 11, author=Maggie Scarf, title=The Fog of Love, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Pearlie has managed to acquire a phone that purrs, but doesn’t ring; she has found a breed of barkless dog; she censors the newspapers by cutting out upsetting articles. }}