Fullback vs Fallback - What's the difference?
fullback | fallback |
(American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.
(field hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.
An act of falling back.
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
(construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating in a relatively closed container.
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
As nouns the difference between fullback and fallback
is that fullback is an offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays while fallback is an act of falling back.As an adjective fallback is
that can be resorted to as a fallback.fullback
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Noun
(en noun)fallback
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Alternative forms
* fall-backNoun
(en noun)- As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
Synonyms
* (act of falling back) ebbing, recession, retreat * (backup plan) back-up/backup, plan B, recourseDerived terms
* automatic fallback * modulation fallbackAdjective
(-)- a fallback plan