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Underlay vs Underclay - What's the difference?

underlay | underclay |

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)
  • (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.

    underclay

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.