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Blackboard vs Backboard - What's the difference?

blackboard | backboard |

As nouns the difference between blackboard and backboard

is that blackboard is a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard while backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

As a verb blackboard

is to use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.

blackboard

English

(wikipedia blackboard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
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    Related terms

    * chalkboard * whiteboard * greenboard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.

    • backboard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
  • (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
  • (medicine, first aid) A spine board.