backlash vs reaction

reaction vs backlash

backlash and reaction both are nouns.

backlash is a verb but reaction is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
backlash	Yes	No	Yes	No
reaction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reaction is a hypernym of backlash; that is, reaction is a word with a broader meaning than backlash:

backlash: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
reaction: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

backlash (noun)	reaction (noun)
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
a movement back from an impact	doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
	an idea evoked by some experience
	extreme conservatism in political or social matters
	(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
	a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
	(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

backlash (verb)	reaction (verb)
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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