background vs accent

accent vs background

background and accent both are nouns.

background and accent both are verbs.

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

As verbs, accent is a hypernym of background; that is, accent is a word with a broader meaning than background:

background: understate the importance or quality of
accent: to stress, single out as important

Other hypernyms of background include accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress.

background (noun)	accent (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	distinctive manner of oral expression
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem	special importance or significance
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

background (verb)	accent (verb)
understate the importance or quality of	put stress on; utter with an accent
	to stress, single out as important

Difference between background and accent

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