Ask Difference

Heritage vs. Background — What's the Difference?

Heritage vs. Background — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Heritage and Background

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Heritage

Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance
They had stolen his grandfather's heritage

Background

The part of a picture, scene, or design that forms a setting for the main figures or objects, or appears furthest from the viewer
The word is written in white on a red background
The house stands against a background of sheltering trees

Heritage

A special or individual possession; an allotted portion
God's love remains your heritage

Background

The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event
The political and economic background
Background information

Heritage

Christians, or the ancient Israelites, seen as God's chosen people.
ADVERTISEMENT

Background

Form a background to
Windswept land backgrounded by the Rockies

Heritage

Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.

Background

Provide with background
The embassy backgrounded American reporters

Heritage

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

Background

The ground or scenery located behind something.

Heritage

The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright
A heritage of affluence and social position.

Background

The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground.

Heritage

A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.

Background

The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed.

Heritage

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

Background

A position, area, or situation that is not immediately in one's attention or notice
You can hear traffic moving in the background during the interview.

Heritage

A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

Background

(Computers) The environment in which programs operate that the user does not engage with directly
Processes that run in the background.

Heritage

A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

Background

The circumstances and events surrounding or leading up to an event or occurrence.

Heritage

(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
A heritage speaker; a heritage language
The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Background

A person's experience, training, and education
Her background in the arts is impressive.

Heritage

That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Part of my heritage,Which my dead father did bequeath to me.

Background

The cultural or social environment in which a person was brought up or has lived
A class with students from many different backgrounds.

Heritage

A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.

Background

Subdued music played especially as an accompaniment to dialogue in a dramatic performance.

Heritage

Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
A heritage of freedom

Background

Sound that intrudes on or interferes with an audio recording.

Heritage

Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;
My only inheritance was my mother's blessing
The world's heritage of knowledge

Background

Low-level radiation, as from radioactive decay, that exists as part of the natural environment.

Heritage

That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Background

Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
Background noise
The antivirus program runs on a background thread.

Heritage

Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Background

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
The lawyer had a background in computer science.

Background

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

Background

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

Background

A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
There was tons of noise in the background.
The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait.

Background

(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).

Background

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
The antivirus program is running in the background.

Background

(physics) background radiation

Background

To put in a position that is not prominent.

Background

(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).

Background

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

Background

The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Background

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

Background

A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance.
A husband somewhere in the background.

Background

The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress.

Background

The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background{5}; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable.

Background

The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree.

Background

An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; - often used in the phrase "on background". Compare deep background.

Background

A person's social heritage: previous experience or training;
He is a lawyer with a sports background

Background

The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
He posed her against a background of rolling hills

Background

Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;
The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

Background

Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;
They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals

Background

Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;
When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background

Background

The state of the environment in which a situation exists;
You can't do that in a university setting

Background

(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

Background

Scenery hung at back of stage

Background

Understate the importance or quality of;
He played down his royal ancestry

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Next Comparison
Prose vs. Prosy

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms