Background and Part

Background

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

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

Part noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.

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Background and part are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Part".

Nearby Words: partially, partly

common	common background	common part
specific	specific background	specific part
single	single background	single part
actual	actual background	actual part
Other adjectives: entire, real, little, main, interesting, new, minor, different.

Bleach: Word of God has stated it's not a romance manga, which is why the main characters have no romance and any romance that does get covered is either in the background or part of another character's back story.

Source: Promoted to Love Interest
Overdubbing that part won't work, because the original part will be audible in the background of other tracks.

Source: Music / Thin Lizzy
Serial-specific example in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane: Clyde gets about three minutes of screentime in part one, and is a background character in part 2.

Source: Demoted To Extra / Live-Action TV

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