different between backster vs backstep

English

Etymology

See baxter.

Noun

backster (plural backsters)

1. (obsolete) A baker.

Anagrams

• Starbeck, backrest, brackets

English

Etymology

back +? step

Noun

backstep (plural backsteps)

1. A step backwards
2. (geology) An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression.
3. (fluid mechanics) Flow over a backward-facing step.
4. The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
5. A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand.

Verb

backstep (third-person singular simple present backsteps, present participle backstepping, simple past and past participle backstepped)

1. To take a step backwards
2. To return to a previous place or time.
3. To retract or take back.
4. To be arranged in steps going backwards.
5. (geology, of a shoreline) To recede in an abrupt fashion due to marine transgression.
6. To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details.

Anagrams

• step back, stepback