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Backset vs Backslide - What's the difference?

backset | backslide |

As verbs the difference between backset and backslide

is that backset is (us|western us) to plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring while backslide is to regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.

As a noun backset

is a check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

backset

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  • Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
  • * Harper's Magazine
    • Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.

    Verb

  • (US, Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
    • (Webster 1913)

    backslide

    English

    Verb

    English irregular verbs
  • To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
  • :He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide .
  • To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
  • :Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002