background vs accompaniment

accompaniment vs background

background and accompaniment both are nouns.

background is a verb but accompaniment is not a verb.

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

As nouns, accompaniment is a hypernym of background; that is, accompaniment is a word with a broader meaning than background:

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

Other hypernyms of background include attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant.

background (noun)	accompaniment (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
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)	accompaniment (verb)
understate the importance or quality of

Difference between background and accompaniment

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