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sweptback vs backward

backward vs sweptback

sweptback and backward both are adjectives.

sweptback is not an adverb while backward is an adverb.

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

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