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Background vs Thems - What's the difference?

background | thems |

As a noun background

is one's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.

As a verb background

is to put in a position that is not prominent.

As a pronoun thems is

variant of those.

background

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.
  • A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
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  • Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
  • A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
  • (computing) The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
  • (computing) Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

    • Derived terms

    * on background * background fodder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put in a position that is not prominent

    • thems

    English

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (Appalachian, colloquial) variant of those .
  • * 1982 , Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind , page 446:
    • "Catches in my craw, it does — thems as’ll let others do theys work for ’em, then come in to take what the gettin’s got."
  • * 2004 , Louis Daniel Bordsky, Nuts to you! , page 25:
    • After all, there's just some things in life a guy can't hope to change, even with the powder o' positive thinkin' that comes from livin' long enough and knowin' that thems' what's got it ain't about to give none of it to ' thems what's not, [...]
  • * 2008 , Pat Mattaini Mestern, Granite , page 87:
    • “There’s thems' that ''can'' and '''thems''' that ''can’t''; '''thems''' that ''talk'' and '''thems that ''rant .”
  • * 2009 , Robert B. Marchand, Caylen's Quest , page 25:
    • “Thems' are not called boats, ' thems are canoes.”

    See also

    * them