Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Forming and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forming" instead a noun "Background".
Forming
Background and forming are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Forming".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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If you freeze-frame during the part of the final battle when all the fighter planes are forming up, you can see a couple of Harriers, A-10s and F-16s in the mix, however that's the only time you ever see them and they're way in the background.
Source: Just Plane Wrong -
Background Halo: Parodying "the most trusted man in America", Walter Chronic is introduced this way, with one of the clinic's lights forming a halo.
Source: Film / Cold Turkey -
In fact, in the cutscene where the party reunites with Yuna in Home, you can see fiends forming from the souls of recently killed Innocent Bystanders in the background.
Source: Was Once a Man
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