The difference between Backside and Rear

When used as nouns, backside means the back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially an outhouse, whereas rear means the back or hindmost part.


Rear is also adverb with the meaning: early.

Rear is also verb with the meaning: to bring up to maturity, as offspring.

Rear is also adjective with the meaning: underdone.

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  1. Backside as a noun:

    The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly: The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially an outhouse. A person's buttocks. The back side of a page: a verso.

    Examples:

    "The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti."

    "Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside."

  2. Backside as a noun:

    The reverse or opposite of anything.

  1. Rear as a verb (transitive):

    To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, said of people towards animals):

    To breed and raise.

    Examples:

    "usex The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

  3. Rear as a verb (intransitive):

    To rise up on the hind legs

    Examples:

    "usex The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

  4. Rear as a verb (intransitive, usually with "up"):

    To get angry.

  5. Rear as a verb (intransitive):

    To rise high above, tower above.

  6. Rear as a verb (transitive, literary):

    To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

    Examples:

    "Poverty reared its ugly head.'' gloss appeared, started, began to have an effect"

    "The monster slowly reared its head."

  7. Rear as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To construct by building; to set up

    Examples:

    "to rear defenses or houses"

    "to rear one government on the ruins of another."

  8. Rear as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

  9. Rear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To lift and take up.

  10. Rear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To rouse; to strip up.

  1. Rear as a verb (transitive):

    To move; stir.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, of geese):

    To carve.

    Examples:

    "Rere that goose!"

  3. Rear as a verb (regional, obsolete):

    To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

    Examples:

    "He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead. (Speculum Sacerdotale c. 15th century)"

  1. Rear as an adjective (now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    Underdone; nearly raw.

  2. Rear as an adjective (chiefly, _, US):

    Rare.

  1. Rear as an adjective:

    Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost

    Examples:

    "usex the rear'' rank of a company"

    "usex sit in the rear'' seats of a car"

  1. Rear as an adverb (British, dialect):

    early; soon

  1. Rear as a noun:

    The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.

  2. Rear as a noun (military):

    Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

  3. Rear as a noun (anatomy):

    The buttocks, a creature's bottom

  1. Rear as a verb:

    To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

  2. Rear as a verb (transitive, vulgar, British):

    To sodomize

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