Difference between Setting and Scene

What is the difference between Setting and Scene?

Setting as a verb is to put (something) down, to rest. while Scene as a verb is to exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Setting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (something) down, to rest.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: that disappears below the horizon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. A standard level or placement that a knob or control is placed at, for example, the volume setting on a television.

Example sentence: The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Scene

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The location of an event that attracts attention.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.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.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.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.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.A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.An element of fiction writing.A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity.

Example sentence: The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.

We hope you now know whether to use Setting or Scene in your sentence.

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