Prehistory vs Background - What's the difference?
prehistory | background |
The history of human culture prior to written records.
The history of the events that led up to something (e.g. a crisis, a reconciliation, etc).
One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
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A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
(computing) The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(computing) Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
As nouns the difference between prehistory and background
is that prehistory is the history of human culture prior to written records while background is one's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.As a verb background is
to put in a position that is not prominent.prehistory
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