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wash vs backwash

backwash vs wash

wash and backwash both are nouns.

wash is a verb but backwash is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wash Yes No Yes No
backwash Yes No No No
As nouns, wash and backwash are synonyms defined as:
  • wash and backwash: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Other synonyms of wash include airstream, race, slipstream.
wash (noun) backwash (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
wash (verb) backwash (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof
Difference between wash and backwash

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