Background and Topography

Background

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

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

Topography

Topography noun - The physical features of a region as a whole.
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Synonyms for Topography

Background and topography are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Topography".

Nearby Words: topographical, topographer, topographic, topographically

Both words in one sentence

  • Just about every scene with him qualifies, none more so than the very ending in which two characters who occasionally showed up in the background start lip-synching to an Italian folk song, during which the camera pulls away to reveal the area's topography looks just like Reynolds' face.
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