scene vs locus

scene and locus both are nouns.

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

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

scene: the place where some action occurs
locus: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

Other hyponyms of scene include light, dark, darkness, shadow, field of honor, stage, locale, venue.

scene (noun)	locus (noun)
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale	the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept	the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
the visual percept of a region	the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
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

Difference between scene and locus

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