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Illness vs Backcast - What's the difference?

illness | backcast |

As nouns the difference between illness and backcast

is that illness is (countable) an instance of a disease or poor health 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.

illness

English

Noun

  • (countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
  • (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
  • Synonyms

    * (instance) sickness * (state) sickness * See also

    backcast

    English

    Alternative forms

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    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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