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Underlook vs Undercook - What's the difference?

underlook | undercook |

As nouns the difference between underlook and undercook

is that underlook is a suspicious or critical look; scowl, leer while undercook is a subordinate cook.

As verbs the difference between underlook and undercook

is that underlook is to be suspicious or mistrustful of while undercook is to cook insufficiently.

underlook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a suspicious or critical look; scowl, leer
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1973 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Jack Kerouac , title=Visions of Cody , chapter= , url= , genre= , publisher=New Directions , isbn=0140179070 , page= , passage= … rubbing his hands busily, rocking back and forth with one foot in front of the other, his head down but watching Watson with an underlook that was very arrogant, cocky, ... }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to be suspicious or mistrustful of
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1906 , year_published=2007' , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Elmer W. Cavins , title=Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=_Suspect._ To _underlook _; to imagine or infer that appearances misrepresent; hence one who _suspects_ is inclined to _look beneath_ the surface. }}
  • to look under something
  • To miss because one is looking too low.
  • to look intently at or into, scrutinize, inspect
  • To not give due worth or respect to.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    undercook

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook insufficiently.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subordinate cook.
  • * 2002 , Helen Thompson, Anna Kasabian, Cooking spaces: designs for cooking, entertaining, and living (page 67)
    • Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks , and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.