background vs stress

stress vs background

background and stress both are nouns.

background and stress both are verbs.

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

As verbs, stress is a hypernym of background; that is, stress is a word with a broader meaning than background:

background: understate the importance or quality of
stress: to stress, single out as important

Other hypernyms of background include accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate.

background (noun)	stress (noun)
scenery hung at back of stage	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear	(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground	difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem	special emphasis attached to something
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)	stress (verb)
understate the importance or quality of	to suffer from stress
	to stress, single out as important
	put stress on; utter with an accent
	test the limits of

Difference between background and stress

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