Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Questioning and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Questioning" instead a noun "Background".
Questioning
Questioning noun - A request for information.
Background and questioning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Questioning".
Both words in one sentence
- The original Total Recall (1990) spends a lot of time questioning which parts of the plot and the hero's background are real, fake memories, or hallucinations.
Source: The Ending Changes Everything -
It doubles as a Funny Background Event, since Mel and the others focus on questioning Cerise for her actions and fail to notice Tiffany sulking behind them.
Source: Corner of Woe -
Funny Background Event: While Church is questioning Delta about Wash's sanity, Wash is in the background shooting South's body, dropping a grenade on it, roasting it with a flamethrower, and finally rolling a bunch of Fusion Coils up to it and detonating them.
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