background vs panorama

panorama vs background

background and panorama both are nouns.

background is a verb but panorama is not a verb.

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

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

background: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
panorama: the visual percept of a region

Other hypernyms of background include aspect, prospect, scene, view, vista.

background (noun)	panorama (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	the visual percept of a region
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)	panorama (verb)
understate the importance or quality of

Difference between background and panorama

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