backset vs topsy-turvy

backset

noun
  • A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. 

  • Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water. 

verb
  • To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. 

topsy-turvy

noun
  • A situation where the natural order of things has been upset. 

  • An act of turning something backwards or upside down, or the situation that something is in after this has happened. 

  • Chaos, confusion, disorder. 

verb
  • To turn topsy-turvy or upside down; to invert. 

  • To throw into chaos or disorder; to upset. 

adj
  • Chaotic; disorderly. 

  • Backwards or upside down. 

adv
  • Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset. 

  • Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically. 

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