environment vs circumstance

circumstance vs environment

environment and circumstance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
environment	Yes	No	No	No
circumstance	Yes	No	No	No

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

environment: the totality of surrounding conditions
circumstance: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

Other hyponyms of environment include context, setting, ecology, background, scope, setting, home, milieu, surroundings, area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere, street.

environment (noun)	circumstance (noun)
the area in which something exists or lives	information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
the totality of surrounding conditions	formal ceremony about important occasions
	a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
	the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

Difference between environment and circumstance

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