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Comeback vs Rollback - What's the difference?

comeback | rollback |

As nouns the difference between comeback and rollback

is that comeback is comeback while rollback is a return to a prior state.

As a verb rollback is

(nonstandard) to roll back.

comeback

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
  • That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.}}
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2013 , date=December 6 , author= alim17 , title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014! , work=allkpop.com citation , page= , passage= According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback' next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale '''comeback'''! It will be the girls' first Korean ' comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy." }}
  • A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
  • I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

    Usage notes

    In sense “reply”, more casual than (m) or the somewhat formal (m).

    Synonyms

    * (reply) rejoinder, retort

    rollback

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To roll back.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A return to a prior state.
  • A withdrawal of military forces.
  • (computing) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
  • An event caused by a roller coaster failing to reach the top of a hill.
  • a form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a or for transporting other vehicles
  • Synonyms

    * (form of flatbed truck) slide truck