Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Cradle and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cradle" instead a noun "Background".
Cradle
Cradle noun - A place of origin.
Background and cradle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Cradle".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro Na: Moonlight Cradle (a collection of side-stories), there's a scene in which Stars and Stripes Forever appears as background music.
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Funny Background Event: Magneto is giving out orders in his barren cave-office as a Newton's Cradle clicks back and forth on his desk.
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which reworks Lara from her original Adventurer Archaeologist persona into a female James Bond, strongly suggests this is part of her background when she tells a colleague she cannot become involved with him because she might have to kill him.
Source: Professional Killer
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