Backsplash vs. Splashback

Backsplashnoun

A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.

Backsplashnoun

(rowing) The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke just before the rower reaches the catch.

Backsplashverb

(ambitransitive) To splash backward.

Splashbacknoun

Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.

Splashbacknoun

(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top, kitchen sink, and industrial facilities, construction sites etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.