background vs environment

environment vs background

background and environment both are nouns.

background is a verb but environment is not a verb.

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

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

background: the state of the environment in which a situation exists
environment: the totality of surrounding conditions

background (noun)	environment (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the area in which something exists or lives
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	the totality of surrounding conditions
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)	environment (verb)
understate the importance or quality of

Difference between background and environment

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