background vs noise

noise vs background

background and noise both are nouns.

background and noise both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of background include disturbance, interference.

background (noun)	noise (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	a loud outcry of protest or complaint
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem	sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured	electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
the state of the environment in which a situation exists

background (verb)	noise (verb)
understate the importance or quality of	emit a noise

Difference between background and noise

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