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Rollback vs Undo - What's the difference?

rollback | undo |

As verbs the difference between rollback and undo

is that rollback is (nonstandard) to roll back while undo is to reverse the effects of an action.

As a noun rollback

is a return to a prior state.

As an adjective undo is

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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

    undo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To reverse the effects of an action.
  • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.}}
  • To unfasten.
  • Could you undo my buckle for me?
  • (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
  • * 1611 ,
  • Woe is me, for I am undone !

    Synonyms

    * cancel, reverse * unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip

    Antonyms

    * redo * do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up,

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • References

    Anagrams

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