Background and Element

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Element and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Element" instead a noun "Background".

Element noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.

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Background and element are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Element".

common	common background	common element
specific	specific background	specific element
right	right background	right element
original	original background	original element
Other adjectives: single, strong, actual, entire, real, main, interesting, criminal, new, minor, mysterious, random, different.

Also in Shadowrun, areas of highly aspected magic to a particular (usually toxic) element are rated by their background count.

Source: Background Magic Field
Similarly, the Dream Land 64 stage still has the "King Dedede sometimes floats by in the background" element that it had in both the original Super Smash Bros.

Source: Developers' Foresight
Effects Director Brian Johnson achieved most of them in-camera by shooting each element against a black background and rewinding the film inbetween.

Source: Sugar Wiki / Visual Effects of Awesome

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