attendant vs background

background vs attendant

attendant and background both are nouns.

attendant is an adjective but background is not an adjective.

attendant is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

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

attendant: 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 attendant include associate.

attendant (noun)	background (noun)
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another	scenery hung at back of stage
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
a person who is present and participates in a meeting	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
	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

attendant (adjective)	background (adjective)
being present (at a meeting or event, etc.)
occurring with or following as a consequence

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

Difference between attendant and background

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