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Beneath vs Underlain - What's the difference?

beneath | underlain |

As an adverb beneath

is below or underneath.

As a preposition beneath

is below.

As a verb underlain is

past participle of lang=en.

beneath

English

Alternative forms

* beneathe (obsolete)

Adverb

(head)
  • Below or underneath.
  • *{{quote-magazine, title=The climate of Tibet: Pole-land
    • , date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=80 , magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath , the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Below.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
  • * (Francis Atterbury) (1663-1732)
    • He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
  • Covered up or concealed by something.

    • Statistics

    * English prepositions

    underlain

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 2011 , , The Sea Watch
    • Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well.