interference vs background

background vs interference

interference and background both are nouns.

interference is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

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

interference: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
background: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

Other hyponyms of interference include clutter, background signal, crosstalk, XT, fadeout, jitter, atmospheric static, atmospherics, static, white noise.

interference (noun)	background (noun)
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding	scenery hung at back of stage
(American football) blocking a player's path with your body	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication	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

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

Difference between interference and background

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