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Emphasise vs Underline - What's the difference?

emphasise | underline |

Underline is a synonym of emphasise.



As verbs the difference between emphasise and underline

is that emphasise is british an alternative spelling of emphasize while underline is to draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore.

As a noun underline is

a line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or (in electronic documents) to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or that it acts as a hyperlink.

As an adjective underline is

passing under a railway line.

emphasise

English

Verb

(emphasis)
  • (British)

    • Usage notes

    The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote emphasised ), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling gradually falling out of usage. British English forms

    underline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or (in electronic documents) to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or that it acts as a hyperlink.
  • The character .

    • Verb

    (underlin)
  • To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
  • (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}
  • (obsolete) To influence secretly.
    • By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta. — Sir H. Wotton.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Passing under a railway line.
  • * 1950 , Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)
    • Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.

    See also

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