Backstepped vs Backstopped - What's the difference?
backstepped | backstopped |
(backstep)
A step backwards
* 2012 , Steve Scott, Winning on the Mat
*:The attacker steps across his body and places his right foot on the mat. As he does this, the attacker uses his left hand to pull on his opponent's right sleeve and uses his left hand to start his backstep.''
To take a step backwards
To return to a previous place or time
* 2013 , Dennis Baker, Restless Hearts
*:Tony's smile departed his face and sadness became him. Pete began to backstep his words. He was filled with remorse over what he had asked the Corporal and was quick to reassure Tony that she was there, waiting.
* 2009 , Kw Glennie, Petroleum Geology of the North Sea: Basic Concepts and Recent Advances
*:As seen elsewhere in the North Sea, transgression continued in the Late Jurassic, causing shorelines to backstep , with coeval deposition of the Heno Formation clastics and Lola Formation claystones.
(backstop)
A device that prevents railroad cars from rolling off a railroad track.
(baseball) A wall behind home plate.
A catcher; the position of catcher
To serve as backstop for.
To bolster, support.
* {{quote-news
, year=2013
, date=March 26
, author=Douglas Busvine and Darya Korsunskaya
, title=Russia backstops Cyprus bailout despite anger
, work=Reuters
As verbs the difference between backstepped and backstopped
is that backstepped is (backstep) while backstopped is (backstop).backstepped
English
Verb
(head)backstep
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(backstepp)backstopped
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Verb
(head)backstop
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Noun
(wikipedia backstop) (en noun)Verb
(backstopp)citation, page= , passage=Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.}}