The difference between Backwards and Incompetent

When used as adjectives, backwards means oriented toward the back, whereas incompetent means unskilled.

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

Incompetent is also noun with the meaning: a person who is incompetent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Backwards and Incompetent

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."

Incompetent as an adjective:

Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected.

Examples:

"Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that."
Incompetent as an adjective:

Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.

Examples:

"The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working."
Incompetent as an adjective (medical):

Of the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.