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Check vs Backcheck - What's the difference?

check | backcheck |


As verbs the difference between check and backcheck

is that check is to inspect; to examine while backcheck is (ice hockey) to check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.

As a noun check

is (chess) a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece or check can be (textiles|usually|pluralized) a pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

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