different between backlog vs backorder

English

Etymology

back +? log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning "something stored up for later use". Possibly influenced by logbook as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.l??/

Noun

backlog (plural backlogs)

1. A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
   • 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. V:

     While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off a backlog and put it on the fire, […]
2. A reserve source or supply.
3. An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
4. A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.

Translations

Verb

backlog (third-person singular simple present backlogs, present participle backlogging, simple past and past participle backlogged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog

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Anagrams

• gablock

Spanish

Noun

backlog m (plural backlogs)

1. backlog

English

Alternative forms

• back order

Etymology

back +? order

Noun

backorder (plural backorders)

1. An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.

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Verb

backorder (third-person singular simple present backorders, present participle backordering, simple past and past participle backordered)

1. To place such an order