History vs. Background

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Historynoun

The aggregate of past events.

Historynoun

The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.

Historynoun

(countable) A set of events involving an entity.

Historynoun

(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.

Historynoun

A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

Historynoun

A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

Historynoun

(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.

Historynoun

(uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.

Historyverb

(obsolete) To narrate or record.

Historynoun

A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.

Historynoun

A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; - distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.

Historyverb

To narrate or record.

Historynoun

the aggregate of past events;

Historynoun

the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future;

Historynoun

a record or narrative description of past events;

Historynoun

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings;

Historynoun

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge;

History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning ) is the study of the past. Events before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory.

Backgroundadjective

Less important in a scene.

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundverb

To put in a position that is not prominent.

Backgroundverb

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

Backgroundnoun

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

Backgroundnoun

The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Backgroundnoun

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

Backgroundnoun

A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

Backgroundnoun

The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress.

Backgroundnoun

The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background{5}; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable.

Backgroundnoun

The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree.

Backgroundnoun

An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; - often used in the phrase "on background". Compare deep background.

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;

Backgroundnoun

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

Backgroundnoun

relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;

Backgroundnoun

the state of the environment in which a situation exists;