background vs prospect

prospect vs background

background and prospect both are nouns.

background and prospect both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

background (noun)	prospect (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	a prediction of the course of a disease
(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	belief about (or mental picture of) the future
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem	the possibility of future success
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)	prospect (verb)
understate the importance or quality of	explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
	search for something desirable

Difference between background and prospect

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