showcase vs background

background vs showcase

showcase and background both are nouns.

showcase is not a verb while background is a verb.

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

As nouns, background is a hypernym of showcase; that is, background is a word with a broader meaning than showcase:

showcase: a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
background: the state of the environment in which a situation exists

Other hypernyms of showcase include scope, setting.

showcase (noun)	background (noun)
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home	scenery hung at back of stage
a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect	(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

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

Difference between showcase and background

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