different between backstage vs background
backstage
English
Etymology
back +? stage
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæk?ste?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
Adjective
backstage (not comparable)
- Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
- Secret, concealed from the public.
Derived terms
- backstage pass
- backstager
Translations
Adverb
backstage (comparative more backstage, superlative most backstage)
- Towards the area behind the stage.
- Out of view of the public.
Translations
Noun
backstage (plural backstages)
- The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
- 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)
- backstage
- Synonym: retroscena
Spanish
Etymology
From English backstage.
Adverb
backstage
- backstage
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background
English
Etymology
back +? ground
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk.??a?nd/
Adjective
background (not comparable)
- Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
Antonyms
- conspicuous, foreground, forestanding, primary, prominent
Noun
background (countable and uncountable, plural backgrounds)
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
background (third-person singular simple present backgrounds, present participle backgrounding, simple past and past participle backgrounded)
- To put in a position that is not prominent.
- 2006, Paul Baker, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis, page 163:
- One aspect of the story that appears interesting is that the alleged rapist and victim are only referred to by name together in the same sentence once. In all the other sentences, one receives more focus, while the other is backgrounded.
- 2006, Paul Baker, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis, page 163:
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
Spanish
Noun
background m (plural backgrounds)
- background
background From the web:
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- what background apps are running
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