scenery vs background

background vs scenery

scenery and background both are nouns.

scenery is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

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

scenery: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
background: scenery hung at back of stage

Other hyponyms of scenery include backcloth, backdrop, flat, masking, masking piece, set piece.

scenery (noun)	background (noun)
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale	scenery hung at back of stage
the appearance of a place	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
	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

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

Difference between scenery and background

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