background vs interference

interference vs background

background and interference both are nouns.

background is a verb but interference is not a verb.

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

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

background: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
interference: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

Other hypernyms of background include disturbance, noise.

background (noun)	interference (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	(American football) blocking a player's path with your body
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem	electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
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)	interference (verb)
understate the importance or quality of

Difference between background and interference

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