scene vs tableau

scene and tableau both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of scene include background, ground, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, middle distance, side view.

scene (noun)	tableau (noun)
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale	any dramatic scene
graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept	a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
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