Pushback vs Postponed - What's the difference?
pushback | postponed |
The act of repelling (an enemy, etc).
A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.
Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
*19 December 2014 , Paul M Farber in (The Guardian) Online,
*:We’ve seen that before, too: civil rights era sit-ins and freedom rides with multiracial participants drew the fierce ire of authorities alike, but black protesters were far more likely to be targeted with harsh jail sentences and violent pushback .
* March 01 2006 , Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor , headline of an
* Sept 28 2006 , op-ed article on Bill Clinton,
(rare, nonstandard) Backlash of any sort.
As a noun pushback
is the act of repelling (an enemy, etc).As a verb postponed is
(postpone).As an adjective postponed is
done later than originally planned; delayed.pushback
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Alternative forms
* push back * push-backNoun
Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next
article
- More pushback from Hill on eavesdropping
Washington Post:
- Moreover, when Democrats, notably former House minority leader Richard Gephardt, finally put their heads up in the late spring of 2002 to ask questions about that Aug. 6, 2001, memo warning of the possibility of terrorist attacks, the Republican pushback was furious.