different between backing vs backstage

English

Etymology

back +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Noun

backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)

1. Support, especially financial.

   It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.

2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.

   The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.

3. (television, film) A backdrop.
   • 2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design (page 134)

     The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.

4. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
5. The mounting of a horse or other animal.
6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

Translations

Adjective

backing (not comparable)

1. (music) Providing support for the main performer.

Verb

backing

1. present participle of back

Anagrams

• king cab

English

Etymology

back +? stage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæk?ste?d?/

  Rhymes: -e?d?

Adjective

backstage (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
2. Secret, concealed from the public.

Derived terms

• backstage pass
• backstager

Translations

Adverb

backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage)

1. Towards the area behind the stage.
2. Out of view of the public.

Translations

Noun

backstage (plural backstages)

1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.

Translations

Anagrams

• back gates, backgates

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English backstage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k?stejd??/

Noun

backstage m (invariable)

1. backstage

   Synonym: retroscena

Spanish

Etymology

From English backstage.

Adverb

backstage

1. backstage