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Throwback vs Retro - What's the difference?

throwback | retro |

As nouns the difference between throwback and retro

is that throwback is a reversion to an earlier stage of development while retro is something, such as a fashion, from the past; a retro trend.

As an adjective retro is

of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

throwback

English

Noun

  • A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
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  • An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
  • An atavism.
  • *
  • A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

    • Synonyms

    * (of a previous age) anachronism

    retro

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were
  • * '>citation
  • affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto

    • Noun

    (wikipedia retro) (en-noun)
  • something, such as a fashion, from the past; a retro trend
  • a retrorocket
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