Underlined vs Underscored - What's the difference?
underlined | underscored |
(underline)
A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or (in electronic documents) to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or that it acts as a hyperlink.
The character .
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
(figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
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, date=December 10
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, title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa
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(obsolete) To influence secretly.
Passing under a railway line.
* 1950 , Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)
(underscore)
An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character .
(music) A piece of background music.
To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
To emphasize or draw attention to.
As verbs the difference between underlined and underscored
is that underlined is (underline) while underscored is (underscore).underlined
English
Verb
(head)underline
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(underlin)citation, page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}
- By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta. — Sir H. Wotton.
Adjective
(-)- Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.
See also
* (wikipedia) (typography marks) ----underscored
English
Verb
(head)underscore
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(underscor)- I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.