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Cyclorama vs Backdrop - What's the difference?

cyclorama | backdrop |

As nouns the difference between cyclorama and backdrop

is that cyclorama is a display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle while backdrop is a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

As a verb backdrop is

to serve as a backdrop for.

cyclorama

English

Noun

(wikipedia cyclorama) (en noun)
  • A display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle.
  • A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.
  • Synonyms

    * diorama (1)

    backdrop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
  • The setting or background of a historical event.
  • The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames. New York Times
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.}}

    Verb

    (backdropp)
  • To serve as a backdrop for.
  • a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline

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