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backward vs sweptback

sweptback vs backward

backward and sweptback both are adjectives.

backward is an adverb but sweptback is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
backward No Yes No Yes
sweptback No Yes No No
backward (adjective) sweptback (adjective)
directed or facing toward the back or rear used of hair
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment
retarded in intellectual development
having made less than normal progress
backward (adverb) sweptback (adverb)
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
in or to or toward a past time
at or to or toward the back or rear
Difference between backward and sweptback

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