Comeback vs Rollback - What's the difference?
comeback | rollback |
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=February 5
, author=Paul Fletcher
, title=Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal
, work=BBC
* {{quote-news
, year=2013
, date=December 6
, author= alim17
, title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!
, work=allkpop.com
A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
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
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)- That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .
citation, page= , passage=Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.}}
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." }}
- I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.