Surrounding vs Setting - What's the difference?
surrounding | setting |
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
The act of setting.
A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
Hunting with a setter.
Something set in, or inserted.
* Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17
A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
*Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
*Bach's setting of the Magnificat
As verbs the difference between surrounding and setting
is that surrounding is present participle of lang=en while setting is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between surrounding and setting
is that surrounding is outlaying area; area in proximity to something while setting is the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.As adjectives the difference between surrounding and setting
is that surrounding is which surrounds something while setting is that disappears below the horizon.setting
English
(wikipedia setting)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the setting of the sun
- the setting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
- the volume setting on a television
- Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.