co-occurrence vs background

background vs co-occurrence

co-occurrence and background both are nouns.

co-occurrence is not a verb while background is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
co-occurrence	Yes	No	No	No
background	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, background is a hyponym of co-occurrence; that is, background is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than co-occurrence:

co-occurrence: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
background: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

Other hyponyms of co-occurrence include associate.

co-occurrence (noun)	background (noun)
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time	scenery hung at back of stage
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another	(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

co-occurrence (verb)	background (verb)
	understate the importance or quality of

Difference between co-occurrence and background

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