Backsplash vs. Splashback

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Difference Between Backsplash and Splashback
Backsplashnoun
A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.
Splashbacknoun
Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
Backsplashnoun
(rowing) The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke just before the rower reaches the catch.
Splashbacknoun
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top, kitchen sink, and industrial facilities, construction sites etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback.Backsplashverb
(ambitransitive) To splash backward.
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