Background and Muse

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

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

Muse noun - A person who writes poetry.

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Background and muse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Muse".

Nearby Words: musing, music, musical, mused, musically

musical	musical background	musical muse
original	original background	original muse
single	single background	single muse
actual	actual background	actual muse
Other adjectives: real, new, historical.

And each track adapts its tone to what the muse of its title represents − the most obvious being "Thaleia" (comedy) which has a wacky instrumentation and funny cartoon-ish noises in the background.

Source: Music / Akiko Shikata
The Muse: One of the background characters is a member of the Kind who has established a satisfactory niche for herself as the muse to a succession of artists.

Source: Literature / Bad Dreams
They used Marijuana as the group's muse and it doesn't take much to get them completely baked, rolling on the floor and moaning nonsense (while thinking that they were singing a great song while unicorns danced in the background).

Source: Marijuana Is LSD

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