Difference between Backward and Back

What is the difference between Backward and Back?

Backward as an adjective is pertaining to the direction towards the back. while Back as an adjective is near the rear.

Backward

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to the direction towards the back. Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal. Reluctant or unable to advance. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated. On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease. Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In the direction towards the back; backwards

Example sentence: There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

Back

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Near the rear.Not current.Far from the main area.Produced in the back of the mouth.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The rear of body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.The spine and associated tissues.The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.That which is farthest away from the front.Area behind, such as the backyard of a houseThe part of something that goes last.The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.The edge of a book which is bound.The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.That part of the body that bears clothing.In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.The keel and keelson of a ship.The inside margin of a page.The roof of a horizontal underground passage.Effort, usually physical.Large and attractive buttocks.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: (Not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.Away from the front or from an edge.In a manner that impedes.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go in the reverse direction.To support.the change direction contrary to its normal pattern (anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern)to brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the shipto lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power

Example sentence: Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

We hope you now know whether to use Backward or Back in your sentence.

Also read

Popular Articles