Drop down menu styling issue - html

Question

My drop down menu on my navigation bar is called "Works". I can't seem to figure out why "Works" has a grey box surrounding the word while the other words on the navigation bar do not.
My CSS for the nav bar and drop down menu:
nav {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-bottom: 30px;
line-height: 1.5em;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a, .dropbtn {
display: inline;
color: black;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 25px;
font-family:"mrs-eaves";
}
.dropdown {
overflow: hidden;
}
.dropdown {
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 25px;
border: none;
outline: none;
color: black;
padding: 14px 16px;
background-color: inherit;
font-family: "mrs-eaves";
margin: 0;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a:hover, .dropdown:hover .dropbtn, .dropbtn:focus
{
background-color: rgb(247, 219, 255);
}
.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: relative;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
min-width: 160px;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
z-index: 1;
}
.dropdown-content a {
float: none;
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
.show {
display: block;
Here is my html:
<nav>
<center>
Home
<button class="dropbtn" onclick="myFunction()">Works
<i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i>
</button>
<div class="dropdown-content" id="myDropdown">
Drawing
Animation
Design
</div>
About
Contact
Links
</center>
</nav>

Answer 1

If it must be a button, add the following CSS
.dropbtn {
background: none;
border: none;
}
Then, in your CSS where you set the hover color, change it to this
nav a:hover, .dropdown:hover, .dropbtn:focus, .dropbtn:hover {
background-color: rgb(247, 219, 255);
}
Edit:
Added cursor change so its a pointer for consistency when the button is hovered.
JSFiddle

Answer 2

It is standard button style. So, if you want it to be transparent, you should add certain styling for your button class (.dropbtn).
It is,
.dropbtn {
background: none;
border: none;
}