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Boycott vs Backlash - What's the difference?

boycott | backlash |

As verbs the difference between boycott and backlash

is that boycott is to abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest while backlash is to cause or set off a backlash.

As nouns the difference between boycott and backlash

is that boycott is the act of boycotting while backlash is a sudden backward motion.

As a proper noun Boycott

is A village name

boycott

English

(wikipedia boycott)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

    • Synonyms

    * blackball * blacklist * embargo * withhold patronage

    Related terms

    * buycott

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of boycotting

    • backlash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

    • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
    • (en)