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Historical vs Backdrop - What's the difference?

historical | backdrop |

As nouns the difference between historical and backdrop

is that historical is a historical romance while backdrop is a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

As a adjective historical

is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

As a verb backdrop is

to serve as a backdrop for.

historical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

    • Usage notes

    * * See the usage notes about (m) for more.

    Synonyms

    * historic

    Derived terms

    * ahistorical * art-historical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A historical romance.
  • * 1999 , Anne K. Kaler, Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, Romantic Conventions , page 63:
    • However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.

    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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