background vs experience

background

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

  • One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. 

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

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

  • A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground). 

  • A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user. 

adj
  • Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. 

verb
  • To put in a position that is not prominent. 

  • To gather and provide background information (on). 

experience

noun
  • A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills. 

  • The knowledge thus gathered. 

  • The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. 

  • An activity one has performed. 

verb
  • To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills. 

How often have the words background and experience occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )