different between piggyback vs addon

English

Alternative forms

• piggy-back
• piggy back

Etymology

A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

Adjective

piggyback (not comparable)

1. On somebody's back or shoulders.

   a piggyback ride

2. Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
   • 1985, John H. Mahoney, Intermodal Freight Transportation

     Until this time the railroads had favored piggyback services […]

3. Attached or appended to something larger or more important.

   piggyback legislation

See also

• TOFC

Adverb

piggyback (not comparable)

1. On somebody's back or shoulders.

   to ride piggyback

Synonyms

• (on somebody's back or shoulders): pooseback (some US dialects)

Translations

Verb

piggyback (third-person singular simple present piggybacks, present participle piggybacking, simple past and past participle piggybacked)

1. (transitive) to carry someone on the back or shoulders.
2. (transitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch?kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement. Piggybacking on that last part, the ugly business of the critique.
3. (transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
4. (transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
5. (transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
6. (transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate

Translations

Noun

piggyback (plural piggybacks)

1. A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
2. An act or instance of piggybacking.

See also

• piggyBac

References

• NY Times, article on wireless piggybacking

English

Noun

addon (plural addons)

1. Alternative form of add-on

Anagrams

• Dando, Donda

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ad?don/

Verb

addon

1. first-person singular imperative of addit