Background vs. Landscape — What's the Difference?

The part of a picture, scene, or design that forms a setting for the main figures or objects, or appears furthest from the viewer

A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features. A landscape includes the physical elements of geophysically defined landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings, and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.

The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event

All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal

Form a background to

Denoting a format of printed matter which is wider than it is high

Provide with background

Make (a garden or other area of ground) more attractive by altering the existing design, adding ornamental features, and planting trees and shrubs

The ground or scenery located behind something.

An expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground.

A picture depicting an expanse of scenery.

The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed.

The branch of art dealing with the representation of natural scenery.

A position, area, or situation that is not immediately in one's attention or notice

The aspect of the land characteristic of a particular region

(Computers) The environment in which programs operate that the user does not engage with directly

Grounds that have been landscaped

The circumstances and events surrounding or leading up to an event or occurrence.

An extensive mental view; an interior prospect

A person's experience, training, and education

The orientation of a page such that the shorter side runs from top to bottom.

The cultural or social environment in which a person was brought up or has lived

To adorn or improve (a section of ground) by contouring and by planting flowers, shrubs, or trees.

Subdued music played especially as an accompaniment to dialogue in a dramatic performance.

To arrange grounds aesthetically or maintain grounds as a profession.

Sound that intrudes on or interferes with an audio recording.

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

Low-level radiation, as from radioactive decay, that exists as part of the natural environment.

A sociological aspect of a physical area.

Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.

A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

The pictorial aspect of a country.

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

A mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")

A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).

(figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario

(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).

To create or maintain a landscape.

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

(physics) background radiation

A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare seascape.

To put in a position that is not prominent.

The pictorial aspect of a country.

(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).

An expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

Painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

A genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

An extensive mental viewpoint;

A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

Embellish with plants;

The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress.

Do landscape gardening;

The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background{5}; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable.

The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree.

An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; - often used in the phrase "on background". Compare deep background.

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;

(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

Scenery hung at back of stage

Understate the importance or quality of;