Underlay vs Subfloor - What's the difference?
underlay | subfloor |
(underlie)
To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
To put a tap on (a shoe).
To incline from the vertical; to hade.
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.
(construction) The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 6, author=Tracie Rozhon, title=The Good Bones Were Still There, Hidden Under the Additions, work=New York Times
, passage=The original floor was still there: wide boards, laid tongue-in-groove, not the inferior subfloor they had predicted. }}
As nouns the difference between underlay and subfloor
is that underlay is a layer (of earth, etc) that lies under another; substratum while subfloor is (construction) the floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet.As a verb underlay
is (underlie) or underlay can be to lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.underlay
English
Verb
(head)Verb
- to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
Noun
(en noun)- The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
subfloor
English
Noun
(en noun)citation