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Underling vs Underwing - What's the difference?

underling | underwing |

As nouns the difference between underling and underwing

is that underling is a subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority while underwing is a hind wing on an insect.

underling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.

    • Antonyms

    * overling

    underwing

    English

    (wikipedia underwing) (Catocala)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hind wing on an insect.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
  • *:The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of a fulvous hue. But there was no crescent upon the underwing .
  • A member of the genus , a nocturnal moth which usually has brightly coloured underwings.
  • (ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing.