different between aspect vs scene

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspici? (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speci? (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æsp?kt/
• Hyphenation: as?pect

Noun

aspect (plural aspects)

1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

   Synonym: facet

2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
5. One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: appearance, look, blee
6. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

7. Prospect; outlook.
   • 1643, John Evelyn, Diary

     This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built ...

8. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]
9. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. [from 14th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
10. (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
11. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
    • 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:

      The tradition is no less ancient, that the basilisk killeth by aspect ; and that the wolf, if he see a man first, by aspect striketh a man hoarse.

    • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1:

      ... his aspect was bent on the ground with an appearance of deep dejection, which might be almost construed into apathy, ...

12. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
    • 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, Vol 1, Chapter IX.

      They are both in my judgment the image or picture of a great Ruine, and have the true aspect of a World lying in its rubbish.

    • 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Vol. IV, Chapter XVIII

      Three days later he opened the parliament. The aspect of affairs was, on the whole, cheering.

13. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
14. (rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.

Hyponyms

• (grammar): grammatical aspect, aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect; lexical aspect

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (grammar): aspectuality
• (grammar): Aktionsart, aktionsart

Verb

aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)

1. (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
2. (Wicca) To channel a divine being.
3. (obsolete) To look at.

References

• aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Grammatical aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “aspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• aspect at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epacts, escap't

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp?kt/, /?s?p?kt/
• Hyphenation: as?pect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

aspect n (plural aspecten, diminutive aspectje n)

1. aspect, element
2. aspect, appearance
3. (linguistics) aspect (grammatical category)

Derived terms

• aspectueel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aspek
• ? Indonesian: aspek

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus. The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Russian ??? (vid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.p?/
• Rhymes: -?
• Homophone: aspects

Noun

aspect m (plural aspects)

1. aspect
2. (grammar) aspect (grammatical quality of a verb)

Further reading

• “aspect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspect, Latin aspectus.

Noun

aspect n (plural aspecte)

1. aspect, look

Synonyms

• înf??i?are

English

Alternative forms

• scæne (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, sc?na, from Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n, IPA^(key): /si?n/
• Homophone: seen
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

scene (plural scenes)

1. The location of an event that attracts attention.

3. (archaic, theater) the stage.

4. (theater) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set

5. (theater, film, television, radio) 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.

6. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
   • c. 1810, John M. Mason, On Religious Controversy

     The world is a vast scene of strife.

7. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.

   • Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!

8. 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.
9. 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
   • 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Kolsterheim

     Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it.

10. An element of fiction writing.
11. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• proscenium

Verb

scene (third-person singular simple present scenes, present participle scening, simple past and past participle scened)

1. (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Anagrams

• cenes, cense, sence

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin scaena from Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?n?/, [?se?n?]
• Homophone: sene

Noun

scene c (singular definite scenen, plural indefinite scener)

1. stage (platform for performing in a theatre)
2. scene (section of a film or a play)
3. scene (a setting or a behaviour)

Inflection

Derived terms

• iscenesætte
• sceneri
• sceneshow

Italian

Noun

scene f pl

1. plural of scena

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1486, borrowed from Latin scaena.

Noun

scene f

1. stage (location where a play, etc., takes place)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena

Noun

scene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene)

1. a stage (in a theatre)
2. a scene (in a film or play)

Derived terms

• iscenesette
• sceneshow

References

• “scene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena

Noun

scene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scenar, definite plural scenane)
scene f (definite singular scena, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene)

1. a stage (in a theatre)
2. a scene (in a film or play)

Derived terms

• sceneshow

References

• “scene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaun?, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.ne/

Adjective

s??ne

1. Alternative form of s??ene

Declension