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Rescind vs Pullback - What's the difference?

rescind | pullback |

As a verb rescind

is to repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.

As a noun pullback is

the act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.

rescind

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
    • The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.

    Synonyms

    * annul * cancel * repeal

    Related terms

    * rescindable * rescinder * rescindment * rescission

    Anagrams

    * *

    pullback

    English

    (wikipedia pullback)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
  • (film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
  • That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
  • (architecture) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it partly open at a fixed point.
  • (finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
  • (category theory) Given a pair of morphisms f:X\rightarrow Z and g: Y\rightarrow Z with a common codomain, Z'', their pullback is a pair of morphisms p_1:P\rightarrow X and p_2:P\rightarrow Y as well as their common domain, ''P'', such that the equation f\circ p_1 = g\circ p_2 is satisfied, and for which there is the ''universal property'' that for any other object ''Q for which there are also morphisms q_1: Q\rightarrow X, q_2: Q\rightarrow Y; there is a unique morphism u: Q\rightarrow P such that p_1\circ u = q_1 and p_2 \circ u = q_2.

    • Antonyms

    * (category theory) pushout (Webster 1913)