different between deflect vs backwind

English

Etymology

From Latin deflecto, from de- + flecto (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

deflect (third-person singular simple present deflects, present participle deflecting, simple past and past participle deflected)

1. (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
2. (transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
3. (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).

   Synonym: elude

   The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
   • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]

     Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

Derived terms

• deflector

Related terms

• deflection

Translations

Anagrams

• clefted

English

Etymology 1

back +? wind

Verb

backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwinded)

1. (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel

Noun

backwind (plural backwinds)

1. (nautical) The flow of air so deflected

Etymology 2

back +? wind

Verb

backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwound)

1. (transitive) To wind backwards.
   • 1978, Educational & Industrial Television (volume 10, page 138)

     This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.

Anagrams

• wind back