Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Environmental and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Environmental" instead an adjective "Background".
Environmental
Environmental adjective - Of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings.
Background and environmental are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead an adjective "Environmental".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Freeze-Frame Bonus: Lots of the history regarding the state of the world and the characters is given through environmental and background means.
Source: Film / Children of Men - Always Check Behind the Chair: Not only does just about every environmental and background object contain items you can take (most often gold, but stat boosts and EXP can be found as well), but many more hold "Nothing," which is apparently not the same as not having anything inside.
Source: Video Game / Blue Dragon - Some of the background material to Avatar implies that the horrific environmental destruction inflicted on Earth might just be capable of repair by imported Pandoran lifeforms, and by learning environmental respect from the Na'vi.
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