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Health vs Backcast - What's the difference?

health | backcast |

As nouns the difference between health and backcast

is that health is the state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness while backcast is a cast or throw back.

As a verb backcast is

to identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

As an adjective backcast is

retrospective.

As an adverb backcast is

long ago; in the past.

health

English

(wikipedia health)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
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  • A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
  • Physical condition.
  • (obsolete) Cure, remedy.
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  • *:And she myght have a dysshfulle of bloode of a maydyn and a clene virgyne in wylle and in worke, and a kynges doughter, that bloode sholde be her helth , for to anoynte her withall.
  • (countable) A toast to prosperity.
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  • Derived terms

    * healthiness * healthy * healthcare * bill of health * health food * health worker

    References

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    backcast

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
  • To change retrospectively; reverse.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cast or throw back.
  • A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
  • (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
  • Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
  • Retrospect; hindsight.
  • backwater
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Retrospective.
  • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Long ago; in the past.
  • Anagrams

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