Deflect vs Backwind - What's the difference?
deflect | backwind |
To make (something) deviate from its original path.
To deviate from its original path.
(figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
(figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
* 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
In lang=en terms the difference between deflect and backwind
is that deflect is to deviate from its original path while backwind is to wind backwards.As verbs the difference between deflect and backwind
is that deflect is to make (something) deviate from its original path while backwind is (nautical) to deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel or backwind can be to wind backwards.As a noun backwind is
(nautical) the flow of air so deflected.deflect
English
Verb
(en verb)- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.