pass off vs backfire

backfire vs pass off

pass off is not a noun while backfire is a noun.

pass off and backfire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pass off	No	No	Yes	No
backfire	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, backfire is a hyponym of pass off; that is, backfire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pass off:

pass off: come to pass
backfire: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Other hyponyms of pass off include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

pass off (noun)	backfire (noun)
	a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
	a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
	the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
	a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

pass off (verb)	backfire (verb)
expel (gases or odors)	set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
come to pass	emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
disappear gradually	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
disregard
cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity

Difference between pass off and backfire

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