Transient vs Background - What's the difference?
transient | background |
Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
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Remaining for only a brief time.
(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
Passing through; passing from one person to another.
(philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Something which is transient.
(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
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An unhoused person
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 transient and background
is that transient is something which is transient while background is one's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.As an adjective transient
is passing or disappearing with time; transitory.As a verb background is
to put in a position that is not prominent.transient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a transient pleasure
- this transient world
- a transient view of a landscape
Synonyms
* (passing) passing, transitory, temporary * (brief) brief, ephemeral, fleeting, flighty, fugaciousAntonyms
* (passing) permanent * (brief) permanent * (mathematics) recurrent * (philosophy) immanentDerived terms
* transience * transiently * transientnessNoun
(en noun)- Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.
Synonyms
* (4) traveller: itinerant, migrant, traveller * (5) homeless: homelessAnagrams
* *background
English
Noun
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