concomitant vs background

background vs concomitant

concomitant and background both are nouns.

concomitant is an adjective but background is not an adjective.

concomitant is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

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

concomitant: 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 concomitant include associate.

concomitant (noun)	background (noun)
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another	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

concomitant (adjective)	background (adjective)
occurring with or following as a consequence

concomitant (verb)	background (verb)
	understate the importance or quality of

Difference between concomitant and background

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