different between backwards vs viceversa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.w?(?)dz/

Etymology 1

From backward +? -s. See also -s (“used in the formation of certain adverbs: backwards, downwards, inwards, etc.”).

Adjective

backwards (comparative more backwards, superlative most backwards)

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

Derived terms

• backwardsness

Etymology 2

From Middle English bakwardis, bakwardis, a variant of Middle English bakwarde, bakward (“backward”). Equivalent to backward +? -s.

Adverb

backwards (comparative more backwards, superlative most backwards)

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

Related terms

Anagrams

• drawbacks

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vice vers?.

Adverb

viceversa

1. vice versa

Further reading

• “viceversa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vice vers?.

Adverb

viceversa

1. vice versa; the other way around; and back
2. (familiar) instead

Conjunction

viceversa

1. (familiar) but, instead

   Synonym: invece

Further reading

• viceversa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vice vers?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit??e?v?rsa/

Adverb

viceversa

1. vice versa, the other way round

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vice vers?.

Adverb

viceversa

1. vice versa, the other way round

Further reading

• “viceversa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.