Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
In sight and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In sight" instead a noun "Background".
In sight
In sight adjective - At or within a reasonable distance for seeing.
Background and in sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun phrase "In sight".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The American TV commercial, bordering on self-parody, has ominous chanting in the background while Kirby basically kills everything in sight.
Source: American Kirby is Hardcore -
This leads to the extremely creepy shot of the woman talking on the phone, the killer nowhere in sight...and then he moves away from the window in the background.
Source: Nothing Is Scarier - The video cover to Tom and Jerry: The Movie, which depicts Tom chasing Jerry as he usually does (which they barely actually do in the movie) with Droopy in the background and none of the movie's Spotlight-Stealing Squad anywhere in sight, looks like it could be the cover to any Tom and Jerry video.
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