background vs accentuate

accentuate vs background

background is a noun but accentuate is not a noun.

background and accentuate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

background (noun)	accentuate (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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

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

Difference between background and accentuate

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