different between backsliding vs backcast

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d??

Verb

backsliding

1. present participle of backslide

Adjective

backsliding (comparative more backsliding, superlative most backsliding)

1. sliding back

Noun

backsliding (plural backslidings)

1. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense

English

Alternative forms

• back-cast

Etymology

Blend of back +? forecast.

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcast or backcasted)

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
2. (Britain dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

Noun

backcast (plural backcasts)

1. A cast or throw back.
2. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
3. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
4. (Britain dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
5. (Britain dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.
6. (Britain dialectal) backwater

Adjective

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

1. (Britain dialectal) Retrospective.

Adverb

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

1. (Britain dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.

Synonyms

• of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago

Anagrams

• scatback