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Backwash vs Blackwash - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between backwash and blackwash

is that backwash is the backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves while blackwash is a whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team (also known as a blackout.

As a verb backwash

is to operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

backwash

English

Noun

(es)
  • (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
  • The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
  • The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
  • The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.

    • Verb

  • To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

    • Related terms

    * wake

    blackwash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang, New Zealand) a whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team (also known as a blackout )
  • (slang, cricket) a whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
  • (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
  • (slang, mining) public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.

    • Related terms

    * blackwashing