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The words need some context before one can answer the question. For example, if one is asking about blanketing and backing in the context of sailing, they mean something quite different than in the context of bedroom furniture. In the context of sailing these are generally not nouns (a blanket and a back) but verbs -- something you do. Blanketing occurs when one sail interferes with the wind that would otherwise get to another sail, either on the same or a different boat. When while racing another boat blankets your boat, it really takes the wind out of your sails. Backing is when the clew of a sail is forced to the same side of the boat as the wind or when in the eye of the wind and dead in irons forcing the clew (usually that of the jib) to one side. Backing the jib pushes the bow to the opposite direction.
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