Preface vs. Foreword

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.

Forewordnoun

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.

Forewordnoun

A preface.

Forewordnoun

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

Forewordnoun

a short introduction to a book, typically by a person other than the author.

Foreword

A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells.