Scene vs. Site

Scene vs. Site — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Scene and Site

Scenenoun

The location of an event that attracts attention.

the scene of the crime

Sitenoun

(obsolete) Sorrow, grief.

Scenenoun

(theater) 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.

They stood in the centre of the scene.

Sitenoun

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position

the site of a city or of a house

Scenenoun

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

to paint scenesto change the scenesbehind the scenes

Sitenoun

A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation

a site for a church
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Scenenoun

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

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.

Sitenoun

The posture or position of a thing.

Maintain site setbacks as far as possible from roadways and other routes providing rapid public access.

Scenenoun

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.

Sitenoun

A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.

Scenenoun

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.

He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.

Sitenoun

A website.

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Scenenoun

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Sitenoun

(category theory) A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.

Scenenoun

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.They saw an angry scene outside the pub.The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.

Sitenoun

Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.

Scenenoun

An element of fiction writing.

Sitenoun

A part of the body which has been operated on.

Scenenoun

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.

Siteverb

(architecture) To situate or place a building.

The U.K. government is dusting off an alternative plan to site the center at a military outfit such as Porton Down.

Sceneverb

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

Sitenoun

the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located);

a good site for the school

Scenenoun

the place where some action occurs;

the police returned to the scene of the crime

Sitenoun

physical position in relation to the surroundings;

the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides

Scenenoun

an incident (real or imaginary);

their parting was a sad scene

Sitenoun

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web;

the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers

Scenenoun

the visual percept of a region;

the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views

Siteverb

assign a location to;

The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles

Scenenoun

a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

Scenenoun

a situation treated as an observable object;

the political picture is favorablethe religious scene in England has changed in the last century

Scenenoun

a subdivision of an act of a play;

the first act has three scenes

Scenenoun

a display of bad temper;

he had a fitshe threw a tantrumhe made a scene

Scenenoun

graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept;

he painted scenes from everyday lifefigure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment

Scenenoun

the context and environment in which something is set;

the perfect setting for a ghost story

Scenenoun

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale;

they worked all night painting the scenery