heritage vs background

background vs heritage

heritage and background both are nouns.

heritage is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

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

heritage: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
background: a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

Other hyponyms of heritage include birthright, upbringing.

heritage (noun)	background (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	scenery hung at back of stage
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner	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

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

Difference between heritage and background

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