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Retrospective vs Backdate - What's the difference?

retrospective | backdate |

As an adjective retrospective

is .

As a noun retrospective

is retrospective, montage.

As a verb backdate is

to give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current date.

retrospective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or contemplating the past
  • looking backwards
  • affecting or influencing past things; retroactive

    • Noun

    (wikipedia retrospective) (en noun)
  • an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity

    • See also

    * (l) – scholarly analog * (l) * (l)

    backdate

    English

    Alternative forms

    *back-date

    Verb

    (backdat)
  • To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current date.