background vs soft-pedal

soft-pedal vs background

background is a noun but soft-pedal is not a noun.

background and soft-pedal both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
background	Yes	No	Yes	No
soft-pedal	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, soft-pedal is a hyponym of background; that is, soft-pedal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than background:

background: understate the importance or quality of
soft-pedal: play down or obscure

Other hyponyms of background include wave off.

background (noun)	soft-pedal (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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)	soft-pedal (verb)
understate the importance or quality of	play down or obscure

Difference between background and soft-pedal

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