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Recovery vs Rollback - What's the difference?

recovery | rollback |

As nouns the difference between recovery and rollback

is that recovery is the act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost while rollback is a return to a prior state.

As a verb rollback is

(nonstandard) to roll back.

recovery

English

(wikipedia recovery)

Alternative forms

* recovre (obsolete)

Noun

(recoveries)
  • The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
  • A return to normal health.
  • A return to former status.
  • Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

    • Derived terms

    * recovery CD * recovery position

    Related terms

    * recover

    rollback

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To roll back.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A return to a prior state.
  • A withdrawal of military forces.
  • (computing) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
  • An event caused by a roller coaster failing to reach the top of a hill.
  • a form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a or for transporting other vehicles

    • Synonyms

    * (form of flatbed truck) slide truck