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Payback vs Devolution - What's the difference?

payback | devolution |

As nouns the difference between payback and devolution

is that payback is (uncountable) an act of revenge while devolution is a rolling down.

payback

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An act of revenge.
  • They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback .
  • (countable) A form of recompense.
  • * '>citation
  • Synonyms

    * just deserts, poetic justice

    See also

    * have it coming * pay back

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    devolution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rolling down.
  • A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
  • The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
  • (pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
  • (British) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.