Introduction vs. Background

Introduction vs. Background — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Introduction and Background

Introductionnoun

The act or process of introducing.

Backgroundadjective

Less important in a scene.

background noise.

Introductionnoun

A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.

Backgroundnoun

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

The lawyer had a background in computer science.

Introductionnoun

An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.

Backgroundnoun

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

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Introductionnoun

A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

Backgroundnoun

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

Introductionnoun

the first section of a communication

Backgroundnoun

A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).

There was tons of noise in the background.The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait.

Introductionnoun

the act of beginning something new;

they looked forward to the debut of their new product line

Backgroundnoun

(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).

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Introductionnoun

formally making a person known to another or to the public

Backgroundnoun

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

The antivirus program is running in the background.

Introductionnoun

a basic or elementary instructional text

Backgroundverb

To put in a position that is not prominent.

Introductionnoun

a new proposal;

they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives

Backgroundverb

(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).

Introductionnoun

the act of putting one thing into another

Backgroundnoun

a person's social heritage: previous experience or training;

he is a lawyer with a sports background

Introductionnoun

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

she looked forward to her initiation as an adultthe foundation of a new scientific societyhe regards the fork as a modern introduction

Backgroundnoun

the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;

he posed her against a background of rolling hills

Backgroundnoun

information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;

the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

Backgroundnoun

extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;

they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals

Backgroundnoun

relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;

when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background

Backgroundnoun

the state of the environment in which a situation exists;

you can't do that in a university setting

Backgroundnoun

(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

Backgroundnoun

scenery hung at back of stage

Backgroundverb

understate the importance or quality of;

he played down his royal ancestry