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Underlay vs Underplay - What's the difference?

underlay | underplay |

In transitive terms the difference between underlay and underplay

is that underlay is to put a tap on (a shoe) while underplay is to play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

As verbs the difference between underlay and underplay

is that underlay is simple past of underlie while underplay is to play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

As nouns the difference between underlay and underplay

is that underlay is a layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum while underplay is the act of underplaying.

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.

    underplay

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The act of underplaying.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
  • (card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.