stress vs background

background vs stress

stress and background both are nouns.

stress and background both are verbs.

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

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

stress: to stress, single out as important
background: understate the importance or quality of

Other hyponyms of stress include downplay, play down, bring out, set off, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, bear down, topicalize, point up, drive home, press home, ram home, emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore.

stress (noun)	background (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)	scenery hung at back of stage
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
special emphasis attached to something	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

stress (verb)	background (verb)
to suffer from stress	understate the importance or quality of
to stress, single out as important
put stress on; utter with an accent
test the limits of

Difference between stress and background

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