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Nonblack vs Nonback - What's the difference?

nonblack | nonback |

As adjectives the difference between nonblack and nonback

is that nonblack is not black in colour while nonback is (phonetics) not back; not produced at the back of the mouth.

As a noun nonblack

is a nonblack person.

nonblack

English

Alternative forms

*non-black

Adjective

(-)
  • Not black in colour.
  • * 2001 , Peter Achinstein, The book of evidence
    • Let us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.
  • Not of African descent; often specifically not African-American
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 18, Robert S. Boynton, Demographics and Destiny, New York Times citation
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nonblack person.

    • nonback

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (phonetics) Not back; not produced at the back of the mouth.
  • * 1982 , John J McCarthy, Formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology?
    • Therefore these facts are doubly anomalous, since they have not only gemination after a nonback vowel but also after a vowel that is stressed.
  • (medicine) Not of or pertaining to the back (rear side of the body).
  • * 1973 , Lawrence W Friedmann, Lawrence Galton, Freedom From Backach?es
    • As we have noted, back pain may stem from many nonback conditions, including peptic ulcer, prostate disease, kidney disease, retroverted uterus...

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