Provenance vs Context - What's the difference?
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Place or source of origin.
(archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
(arts) The history of ownership of a work of art
(computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
(computing) The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
(of a person) Background; history; place of origin; ancestry.
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
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, date=September 7
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(senseid) (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
* R. Junius
(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
* Derham
In archaeology terms the difference between provenance and context
is that provenance is the place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below while context is the surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.As nouns the difference between provenance and context
is that provenance is place or source of origin while context is the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.As a verb context is
to knit or bind together; to unite closely.As an adjective context is
knit or woven together; close; firm.provenance
English
Noun
(wikipedia provenance) (en noun)- Many supermarkets display the provenance of their food products.
- This spear is of Viking provenance .
- The picture is of royal provenance .
See also
* provenienceUsage notes
* The term provenience in archaeology has largely replaced provenance'' because ''provenience'' is restricted to in situ location at the date of archaeological discovery rather than the "origin-to-present" chain of custody details of proper ''provenance as is customarily used by historians, museums, and commercial entities.context
English
Noun
(en noun)- In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
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Antonyms
*Derived terms
() * context-dependent * context-free * context-sensitive * in context, compare in isolation * keyword in context, KWIC * keyword out of context, KWOC * out of context * take out of contextQuotations
* (English Citations of "context")Verb
(en verb)- (Feltham)
- The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The coats, without, are context and callous.