Payback vs Devolution - What's the difference?
payback | devolution |
(uncountable) An act of revenge.
(countable) A form of recompense.
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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.
As nouns the difference between payback and devolution
is that payback is (uncountable) an act of revenge while devolution is a rolling down.payback
English
(wikipedia payback)Noun
(en-noun)- They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback .