Backlisted vs Blacklisted - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between backlisted and blacklisted

is that backlisted is (backlist) while blacklisted is (blacklist).

having the property of being on a blacklist, a (possibly secret) list people to be rejected.

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(backlist)

(en verb)

To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.

I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted .

(publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.

(en noun)

(publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

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Having the property of being on a blacklist, a (possibly secret) list people to be rejected.

He was blacklisted for refusing to say he wasn't a communist.

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(blacklist)