Ground and Setting

Ground

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

Usage example: take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes

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Setting and ground are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Ground".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Ground and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ground" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

old	old ground	old setting
low	low ground	low setting
similar	similar ground	similar setting
normal	normal ground	normal setting
Other adjectives: common, ordinary, regular, original, actual, entire, real, hard, main, ancient, new, shared, primary.

Encountering a wide variety of dangerous dinosaurs, the crew decides that its best chance for survival lies on finding higher ground and setting up a defensive perimeter on a higher plateau until their rescuers arrive.

Source: Film / Planet of the Dinosaurs
The early parts are mostly just for fun, but they do establish some setting and ground rules that come back later on to get into the more complicated parts of the story.Technically, it's a bit of both, but some story arcs veer more to one side than the other.

Source: Webcomic / Roommates
It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground and was the setting of satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and five John Denver Christmas specials.

Source: Indian Burial Ground