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Rollback vs Setback - What's the difference?

rollback | setback |

As nouns the difference between rollback and setback

is that rollback is a return to a prior state while setback is an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.

As a verb rollback

is (nonstandard) to roll back.

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

    setback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
    • After some initial setbacks , the expedition went safely on its way.
  • (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
  • (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
    • Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
  • (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  • A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

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