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Backstory vs Lore - What's the difference?

backstory | lore |

As nouns the difference between backstory and lore

is that backstory is the previous life and experiences of a character in a dramatic work while lore is all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

As a verb lore is

past tense of lose.

backstory

English

Alternative forms

* back story * back-story

Noun

(wikipedia backstory) (backstories)
  • The previous life and experiences of a character in a dramatic work.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2004, date=January 16, author=Kelly Kleiman, title=Her Side of the Story, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=These backstories cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love.}}
  • * A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives; a cover story.
  • A prequel.

    • lore

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).

    Noun

  • all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
    • the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
  • * Milton
    • His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
  • The backstory created around a fictional universe.
  • (obsolete) workmanship
    • (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * birdlore * booklore * catlore * doglore * faxlore * fishlore * folklore * photocopylore * woodlore * wortlore * xeroxlore

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  • (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
    • Derived terms
    * lored

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (lose)
  • * Spenser
    • Neither of them she found where she them lore .

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