scene vs theater

scene

noun
  • 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. 

  • A youth subculture that was popular in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s. 

  • The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set 

  • A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. 

  • The location of an event that attracts attention. 

  • An element of fiction writing. 

  • 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 

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

  • A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture. 

  • The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up 

verb
  • To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. 

theater

noun
  • Drama or performance as a profession or art form. 

  • A conspicuous but unproductive display of action. 

  • Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater. 

  • An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation. 

  • A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on. 

  • A cinema. 

  • A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. 

  • A lecture theatre. 

How often have the words scene and theater occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )