different between foreground vs foreplay

English

Etymology

From fore- +? ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)???a?nd/

Noun

foreground (plural foregrounds)

1. The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
2. The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
3. (computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.

Related terms

• background
• midground

Translations

Verb

foreground (third-person singular simple present foregrounds, present participle foregrounding, simple past and past participle foregrounded)

1. To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

English

Etymology

From fore- +? play.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?)ple?/

Noun

foreplay (uncountable)

1. In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.

Synonyms

• contrectation
• foresex

Translations

See also

• afterplay

Verb

foreplay (third-person singular simple present foreplays, present participle foreplaying, simple past and past participle foreplayed)

1. (intransitive) To engage in foreplay.

Further reading

• foreplay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia