semordnilap / palindromes
Semordnilap - A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.
Examples
desserts / stressed
diaper / repaid
Palindrome (plural palindromes)
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
“Rise to vote sir” is an example of a sentence that is a palindrome.
Level, madam and racecar are examples of single word palindromes.
Source Wicktionary
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