scene vs environs

environs vs scene

scene and environs both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scene	Yes	No	No	No
environs	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, environs is a hypernym of scene; that is, environs is a word with a broader meaning than scene:

scene: the context and environment in which something is set
environs: the area in which something exists or lives

Other hypernyms of scene include environment, surround, surroundings.

scene (noun)	environs (noun)
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale	the area in which something exists or lives
graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept	an outer adjacent area of any place
the visual percept of a region
a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
an incident (real or imaginary)
the place where some action occurs
the context and environment in which something is set
a situation treated as an observable object
a display of bad temper

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