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Underlain vs Underlaid - What's the difference?

underlain | underlaid |

As verbs the difference between underlain and underlaid

is that underlain is past participle of lang=en while underlaid is past tense of underlay.

underlain

English

Verb

(head)
  • * 2011 , , The Sea Watch
    • Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well.

    underlaid

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (underlay)

    • 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.