The difference between Backwards and Dated

When used as adjectives, backwards means oriented toward the back, whereas dated means marked with a date.

Backwards is also adverb with the meaning: toward the back.

check bellow for the other definitions of Backwards and Dated

Backwards as an adjective:

Oriented toward the back.

Examples:

"The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement''."
Backwards as an adjective:

Reversed.

Examples:

"The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror."
Backwards as an adjective (derogatory):

Behind current trends or technology.

Examples:

"Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice."
Backwards as an adjective:

Clumsy, inept, or inefficient, especially in learning.

Examples:

"He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field."

Backwards as an adverb:

Toward the back.

Examples:

"The cabinet [[topple]]d over backwards."

"Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.''—Søren Kierkegaard"
Backwards as an adverb:

In the opposite direction to usual.

Examples:

"The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards."
Backwards as an adverb:

In a manner such that the back precedes the front.

Examples:

"The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the bored seniors."

Dated as an adjective:

Marked with a date.

Examples:

"The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."
Dated as an adjective:

Outdated.

Examples:

"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."
Dated as an adjective:

Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

Examples:

"Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."
Dated as an adjective:

No longer fashionable.

Examples:

"Slang can become dated very quickly."