different between backdrop vs scenario

English

Etymology

From back +? drop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.d??p/

Noun

backdrop (plural backdrops)

1. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
2. An image that serves as a visual background.
3. The setting or background of an acted performance.
4. (figuratively) Any background situation.

   Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.

Translations

Verb

backdrop (third-person singular simple present backdrops, present participle backdropping, simple past and past participle backdropped)

1. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

Anagrams

• drop back, drop-back, dropback

English

Etymology

From Italian scenario (a derivation of scena (“scene”)), from Latin scaena. See scene.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??n???i.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??n???io?/, /s??næ?io?/, /s??n??io?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /s??ne??i.??/

Noun

scenario (plural scenarios)

1. An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
2. A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.
3. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

Derived terms

• worst case scenario

Related terms

• scenaria, scenarii (hypercorrect plural forms)

Translations

Anagrams

• Aciernos, acrosine

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenarium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??na?.ri.o?/, /se??na?.ri.o?/
• Hyphenation: sce?na?ri?o
• Rhymes: -a?rio?

Noun

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

1. scenario (screenplay, plot outline)
2. scenario (model of events)

Derived terms

• rampscenario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scaenarium, from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?na.rjo/

Noun

scenario m (plural scenari)

1. scenery, set
2. backdrop

Related terms

• scena

Anagrams

• ancisero, arcoseni, arsenico, censoria, esocrina, riescano

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian scenario

Noun

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario or scenarioer, definite plural scenarioa or scenarioene)

1. a scenario

Alternative forms

• senario

Usage notes

The inflections scenariet, scenarier and scenariene are also used, which may be valid in Riksmål, as the Danish word scenarie, and also Danish scenario which has optional inflections similar to those in Bokmål, are inflected scenariet, scenarier, and scenarierne.

References

• “scenario” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “scenario” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian scenario

Noun

scenario n (definite singular scenarioet, indefinite plural scenario, definite plural scenarioa)

1. a scenario

Alternative forms

• senario

References

• “scenario” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.