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Overlying vs Superjacent - What's the difference?

overlying | superjacent |

As adjectives the difference between overlying and superjacent

is that overlying is lying over or upon something else while superjacent is positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.

overlying

English

Adjective

(head)
  • lying over or upon something else

    • superjacent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 171:
    • Pemulis, Troeltsch, and Schacht's triple-room is subdorm B in the back north part of the second floor of West House and so superjacent to the Dining Hall […].

    Antonyms

    * subjacent ----