accompaniment vs background

background vs accompaniment

accompaniment and background both are nouns.

accompaniment is not a verb while background is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accompaniment	Yes	No	No	No
background	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, background is a hyponym of accompaniment; that is, background is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accompaniment:

accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
background: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

Other hyponyms of accompaniment include associate.

accompaniment (noun)	background (noun)
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them	scenery hung at back of stage
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
	information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
	extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
	relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
	the state of the environment in which a situation exists

accompaniment (verb)	background (verb)
	understate the importance or quality of

Difference between accompaniment and background

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