different between casting vs callback

English

Pronunciation

• (General American): enPR: k?st??ng, IPA^(key): /?kæst??/
• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: käst??ng, IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• (Northern England): IPA^(key): /?kast??/
• (NYC): IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• Rhymes: -??st??
• Hyphenation: cast?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Verb

casting

1. present participle of cast

Etymology 2

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. An object made in a mold.
4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.

Synonyms

• (selection of performers): audition

Derived terms

• leafcasting
• ray casting

Translations

Anagrams

• actings

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ti?/

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Further reading

• “casting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Noun

casting m (invariable)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Polish

Alternative forms

• kasting

Etymology

From English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.stink/

Noun

casting m inan

1. casting (selection of performers)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) castingowy

Further reading

• casting in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. Alternative form of cásting

English

Etymology

call +? back

Noun

callback (plural callbacks)

1. The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
2. (telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
   • 2007, James M. Lepkowski, Clyde Tucker, J. Michael Brick, Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology (page 318)

     For example, multiple callbacks might be made to a nonanswered number to increase the response rate.

3. A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
4. (programming) A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.
5. (theater) A follow-up audition in casting.
6. (comedy) A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.

Synonyms

• (joke): running gag

Derived terms

Related terms

• call back

Translations