Underlay vs Underclay - What's the difference?
underlay | underclay |
(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.
As nouns the difference between underlay and underclay
is that underlay is a layer (of earth, etc) that lies under another; substratum while underclay is (geology) a stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.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.