Underlying vs Indispensable - What's the difference?
underlying | indispensable | Related terms |
lying underneath
basic or fundamental
implicit
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
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(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
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Underlying is a related term of indispensable.
As adjectives the difference between underlying and indispensable
is that underlying is lying underneath while indispensable is (ecclesiastical|obsolete) not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.As a noun indispensable is
a thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.underlying
English
Adjective
(-)- We dug down to the underlying rock.
- Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
- Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
Anagrams
*indispensable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
- An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
citation, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.}}