foreground vs background

foreground and background both are nouns.

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

foreground (noun)	background (noun)
(computer science) a window for an active application	scenery hung at back of stage
the part of a scene that is near the viewer	(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

foreground (verb)	background (verb)
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent	understate the importance or quality of