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Beneath vs Underlay - What's the difference?

beneath | underlay |

As an adverb beneath

is below or underneath.

As a preposition beneath

is below.

As a verb underlay is

(underlie) or underlay can be to lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.

As a noun underlay is

a layer (of earth, etc) that lies under another; substratum.

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

    underlay

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (underlie)

    • Verb

  • To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
  • To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
    • to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
  • To put a tap on (a shoe).
  • To incline from the vertical; to hade.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
  • A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
  • Anything that is underlaid
  • (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
    • The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.