background vs setting

background

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

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

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

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

  • 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). 

setting

noun
  • The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. 

  • The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does. 

  • The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage. 

  • The direction of a current of wind. 

  • A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. 

  • A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). 

  • A level or placement that a knob or control is set to. 

  • The act of setting. 

  • Hunting with a setter. 

  • Something set in, or inserted. 

adj
  • that disappears below the horizon 

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