Fronting vs Backing - What's the difference?
fronting | backing |
(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
Support, especially financial.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer
(music) That which provides support for the main performer
As nouns the difference between fronting and backing
is that fronting is a process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point while backing is support, especially financial.As verbs the difference between fronting and backing
is that fronting is present participle of front while backing is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective backing is
that which provides support for the main performer.fronting
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(head)backing
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(en noun)- It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.
- The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.
