Undercut vs Underwork - What's the difference?
undercut | underwork |
A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
To undermine.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
(obsolete) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
(ambitransitive) To do less work than necessary (on).
To do work for inadequate payment.
To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
* Shakespeare
To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
As nouns the difference between undercut and underwork
is that undercut is a cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed while underwork is inferior or subordinate work; petty business.As verbs the difference between undercut and underwork
is that undercut is to sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor while underwork is to require too little work from; to work insufficiently.undercut
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
underwork
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Verb
(en verb)- (Ben Jonson)
- to underwork a painting
- (Dryden)
- But thou from loving England art so far, / That thou hast underwrought his lawful king.
- One mason may underwork another.
