Introduction vs. Preface
Introductionnoun
The act or process of introducing.
Introductionnoun
A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
Introductionnoun
An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
Introductionnoun
A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
Introductionnoun
The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
Introductionnoun
The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
Introductionnoun
That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
Introductionnoun
A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.
Introductionnoun
the first section of a communication
Introductionnoun
the act of beginning something new;
Introductionnoun
formally making a person known to another or to the public
Introductionnoun
a basic or elementary instructional text
Introductionnoun
a new proposal;
Introductionnoun
the act of putting one thing into another
Introductionnoun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
Introductionnoun
the action of introducing something
Introductionnoun
a thing newly brought into use or introduced to a place for the first time
Introductionnoun
a formal presentation of one person to another, in which each is told the other's name
Introductionnoun
a thing preliminary to something else, especially an explanatory section at the beginning of a book, report, or speech
Introductionnoun
a preliminary section in a piece of music, often thematically different from the main section
Introductionnoun
a book or course of study intended to introduce a subject to a person
Introductionnoun
a person's first experience of a subject or thing
Prefacenoun
The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
Prefacenoun
An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
Prefacenoun
(Roman Catholic) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
Prefaceverb
(transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
Prefaceverb
(transitive) To give a preface to.
Prefacenoun
Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
Prefacenoun
The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
Prefaceverb
To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
Prefaceverb
To make a preface.
Prefacenoun
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Prefaceverb
furnish with a preface or introduction;
Preface
A preface () or proem () is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword and precedes an author's preface.
