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Retroaction vs Backlash - What's the difference?

retroaction | backlash |

As nouns the difference between retroaction and backlash

is that retroaction is any action that has an influence due to a past event while backlash is a sudden backward motion.

As a verb backlash is

to cause or set off a backlash.

retroaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any action that has an influence due to a past event
  • An opposing action; a reaction

    • backlash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

    • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
    • (en)