Difference between $Context and Evaluate[Context[]] using DumpSave

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occurred Feb 4, 2019 at 12:00

asked Feb 3, 2019 at 18:55

Difference between $Context and Evaluate[Context[]]

If I were to type both individually with // FullForm, It would seem that both are the same: However, in the context for example of a dumpsave:

DumpSave["~/Documents/test.mx", $Context] DumpSave["~/Documents/test2.mx", Evaluate[Context[]]]

it would seem that the latter works as expected while the former does not. Why is that?