Prop vs Underset - What's the difference?
prop | underset |
An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
(rugby) The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum.
One of the seashells in the game of props.
To support or shore up something.
(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. Contraction of "property".
To set under or beneath.
*1963 , George Sturt, The Wheelwright's Shop :
To prop or support.
*1887 , Arthur Robert Sawyer, Accidents in mines in the North Staffordshire coalfield arising from falls of roof and sides :
As nouns the difference between prop and underset
is that prop is an object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports or prop can be (theater|film) an item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform contraction of "property" or prop can be the propeller of an aircraft or prop can be a proposition, especially on an election-day ballot while underset is undercurrent.As verbs the difference between prop and underset
is that prop is to support or shore up something while underset is to set under or beneath.prop
English
Etymology 1
Akin to German Pfropfen and Danish proppe, compare LatinNoun
(en noun)- They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop .
Verb
(propp)- Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of property.Noun
(en noun)- They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.
Usage notes
* In stagecraft, usually the term (term) is reserved for an object with which an actor or performer interacts (e.g., a glass, a book or a weapon). Larger items adding to the scene, (e.g. chairs) are considered part of the set. * Props are often non-functional. A prop that is required to function is a "practical" prop.Etymology 3
Abbreviation of propeller.Etymology 4
Abbreviation of proposition.Derived terms
* prop wash * warm prop ----underset
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Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- How it was shaped up with proper foreway and under-set for dished wheels, or how iron "clouts" (with "clout-nails") were carefully fitted into it to take the wear — is all but gone from my memory, as indeed it was hardly worth storing [...]
- (Francis Bacon)
- Unless posts are underset' in very steep mines they are apt to fall out before the pressure of the roof has tightened them. Posts are sometimes too much ' underset , owing to their being too long.
