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Noma vs Underlay - What's the difference?

noma | underlay |

As nouns the difference between noma and underlay

is that noma is a gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek while underlay is a layer (of earth, etc) that lies under another; substratum.

As a verb underlay is

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

noma

English

Noun

  • A gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.

    • Anagrams

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    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.