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Holdoff vs Setback - What's the difference?

holdoff | setback |

As nouns the difference between holdoff and setback

is that holdoff is a fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects while setback is an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.

holdoff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects.
    • The ladder holdoff enabled him to clean the gutters easily without the ladder's weight damaging them.
  • A delay or forebearance.
    • There was a three-month holdoff in the decision.

    See also

    * standoff

    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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