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Tackless vs Backless - What's the difference?

tackless | backless |

As adjectives the difference between tackless and backless

is that tackless is without tacks while backless is having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses.

tackless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without tacks.
  • a tackless strip for securing carpeting

    backless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
  • a backless surgical gown
  • * 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
  • The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa,...
  • (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin