scene vs surroundings

surroundings vs scene

scene and surroundings both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of scene include environment, environs, surround.

scene (noun)	surroundings (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	the environmental condition
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

Difference between scene and surroundings

Words related to "surroundings"

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