state of affairs vs scene

scene vs state of affairs

state of affairs and scene both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state of affairs	Yes	No	No	No
scene	Yes	No	No	No

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

state of affairs: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
scene: a situation treated as an observable object

Other hyponyms of state of affairs include absurd, the absurd, acceptance, ballgame, new ballgame, challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element, environment, equilibrium, exclusion, fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl, hotbed, inclusion, intestacy, picture, prison, prison house, rejection, size, size of it, square one, status quo, thing.

state of affairs (noun)	scene (noun)
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time	the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
	graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
	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 state of affairs and scene

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