Setback vs Counterbalance - What's the difference?
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An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
(US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
(architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
(possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
(literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
(figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
* Boyle
To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.
(figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition
* Sir W. Hamilton
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Setback is a related term of counterbalance.
As nouns the difference between setback and counterbalance
is that setback is an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage while counterbalance is (literally) a weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.As a verb counterbalance is
to apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.setback
English
Noun
(en noun)- After some initial setbacks , the expedition went safely on its way.
- Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
Anagrams
*counterbalance
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(counterweight)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* counterpoise * counterweightVerb
(counterbalanc)- ''Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
- The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder.
- ''Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each-other
- ''The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment
- The study of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature.
- A considerable effort has been made in these volumes to counterbalance this activity by introducing the student to the plants as living entities with a "life of their own," as Spruce put it.