The difference between Backboard and Port
When used as nouns, backboard means the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached, whereas port means a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
Port is also verb with the meaning: to turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship.
Port is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
check bellow for the other definitions of Backboard and Port
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Backboard as a noun (basketball):
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
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Backboard as a noun (tennis):
A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
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Backboard as a noun (medicine, first aid):
A spine board.
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Backboard as a noun:
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
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Backboard as a noun (nautical):
The port or larboard side of a ship
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Port as a noun:
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
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Port as a noun:
A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
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Port as a noun (nautical, uncountable):
The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
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Port as an adjective (nautical):
Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
Examples:
"on the port side"
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Port as a verb (nautical, transitive, chiefly, imperative):
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
Examples:
"Port your helm!"
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Port as a noun (now, _, Scotland, historical):
An entryway or gate.
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Port as a noun:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
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Port as a noun (curling, bowls):
A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
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Port as a noun:
An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
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Port as a noun (computing):
A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
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Port as a noun (computing):
A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
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Port as a verb:
To carry, bear, or transport. See .
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Port as a verb (military):
To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
Examples:
"'Port arms!"
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Port as a verb (computing, video games):
To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.
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Port as a verb (telephony):
To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
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Port as a verb (US, government, and, law):
To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
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Port as a noun:
Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
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Port as a noun (archaic):
The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also .
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Port as a noun (military):
The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
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Port as a noun (computing):
A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
Examples:
"Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system."
"The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover."
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Port as a noun (computing, BSD):
A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
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Port as a noun:
A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
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Port as a noun (Australia, Queensland, northern, _, New South Wales, and, elsewhere, colloquial):
A suitcase, particularly a schoolbag.