Screen vs. Scene — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Screen and Scene
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Definitions
Screen➦
A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
Scene➦
Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect.
Screen➦
One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide
Security guards formed a screen around the president. A screen of evergreens afforded privacy from our neighbors.
Scene➦
The place where an action or event occurs
The scene of the crime.
Screen➦
A surface, as on a smartphone, television, or computer monitor, on which one can read and view electronically displayed information and images.
Scene➦
The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting.
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Screen➦
A surface on which text and images are projected for display.
Scene➦
A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
Screen➦
The medium in which movies are shown
A star of stage and screen.
Scene➦
A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action.
Screen➦
A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
Scene➦
A section of a narrative in which the action is depicted through detail and dialogue as if it is occurring in real time
The editor felt the story had too much summary and suggested that the author add more scenes.
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Screen➦
A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.
Scene➦
The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation.
Screen➦
A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.
Scene➦
A theater stage.
Screen➦
A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.
Scene➦
A real or fictitious episode, especially when described.
Screen➦
(Sports) A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
Scene➦
A public display of passion or temper
Tried not to make a scene.
Screen➦
(Football) A screen pass.
Scene➦
A sphere of activity
Observers of the political scene.
Screen➦
To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.
Scene➦
(Slang) A situation or set of circumstances
A bad scene.
A wild scene.
Screen➦
To conceal from view with a screen or something that acts like a screen
"Only a narrow line of brush and saplings screened the broad vista of the marsh" (David M. Carroll).
Scene➦
The location of an event that attracts attention.
The scene of the crime
Screen➦
To protect, guard, or shield
"This rose is screened from the wind with burlap" (Anne Raver).
Scene➦
The stage.
They stood in the centre of the scene.
Screen➦
To provide with a screen or screens
Screen a porch.
Scene➦
(theatre) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
To paint scenes
To change the scenes
Behind the scenes
Screen➦
To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.
Scene➦
A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.
Screen➦
To sort through and eliminate unwanted examples of (something)
A filter that screens email, preventing spam from reaching the inbox.
Scene➦
The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
Screen➦
To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.
Scene➦
A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
Screen➦
To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.
Scene➦
A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
Screen➦
To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
Screen blood.
Screen a patient.
Scene➦
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
Screen➦
To subject to genetic screening.
Scene➦
An element of fiction writing.
Screen➦
To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
Scene➦
A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
She got into the emo scene at an early age.
Screen➦
To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.
Scene➦
A youth subculture that was popular in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Screen➦
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A fire screen
Scene➦
(transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Screen➦
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
Scene➦
The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
Screen➦
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
Scene➦
The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
Screen➦
(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
Scene➦
So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
Screen➦
(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
Scene➦
The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
The world is a vast scene of strife.
Screen➦
(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
A drug screen, a genetic screen
Scene➦
An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
Screen➦
(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
Scene➦
A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
Screen➦
Various forms or formats of information display
Scene➦
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it.
Screen➦
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
Scene➦
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Screen➦
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
Scene➦
The place where some action occurs;
The police returned to the scene of the crime
Screen➦
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
Scene➦
An incident (real or imaginary);
Their parting was a sad scene
Screen➦
(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.
Scene➦
The visual percept of a region;
The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Screen➦
(figurative) A disguise; concealment.
Scene➦
A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
Screen➦
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
Scene➦
A situation treated as an observable object;
The political picture is favorable
The religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Screen➦
(American football) screen pass
Scene➦
A subdivision of an act of a play;
The first act has three scenes
Screen➦
(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Scene➦
A display of bad temper;
He had a fit
She threw a tantrum
He made a scene
Screen➦
(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
Scene➦
Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept;
He painted scenes from everyday life
Figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment
Screen➦
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
Scene➦
The context and environment in which something is set;
The perfect setting for a ghost story
Screen➦
(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
Scene➦
The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale;
They worked all night painting the scenery
Screen➦
A large scarf.
Screen➦
To filter by passing through a screen.
Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
Screen➦
To shelter or conceal.
Screen➦
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
Screen➦
To present publicly (on the screen).
The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
Screen➦
To fit with a screen.
We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
Screen➦
(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
Screen➦
(molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
Screen➦
(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Screen➦
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
Screen➦
Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
Your leavy screens throw down.
Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.
Screen➦
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
Screen➦
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
Screen➦
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
Screen➦
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
Screen➦
A netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.
Screen➦
The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.
Screen➦
The motion-picture industry; motion pictures.
Screen➦
To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands.
Screen➦
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
Screen➦
To examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose.
Screen➦
A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
Screen➦
Something that keeps things out or hinders sight;
They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
Screen➦
Display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
Screen➦
A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
They crouched behind the screen
Under cover of darkness
Screen➦
Protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)
Screen➦
A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
Screen➦
A door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door;
He heard the screen slam as she left
Screen➦
Partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
Screen➦
Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;
Screen the blood for the HIV virus
Screen➦
Examine methodically;
Screen the suitcases
Screen➦
Examine in order to test suitability;
Screen these samples
Screen the job applicants
Screen➦
Project onto a screen for viewing;
Screen a film
Screen➦
Prevent from entering;
Block out the strong sunlight
Screen➦
Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Screen➦
Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
