context

• noun 1 the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea. 2 the parts that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.

DERIVATIVES contextual adjective contextualize (also contextualise) verb contextually adverb.

ORIGIN originally denoting the construction of a text: from Latin contextus, from texere ‘to weave’.

texture

• noun 1 the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface, substance, or fabric. 2 the quality created by the combination of elements in a work of music or literature.

• verb give a rough or raised texture to.

DERIVATIVES textural adjective.

ORIGIN Latin textura ‘weaving’, from texere ‘weave’.

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