Underlying vs Seminal - What's the difference?
underlying | seminal | Related terms |
lying underneath
basic or fundamental
implicit
Of or relating to seed or semen.
Creative or having the power to originate.
Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
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As adjectives the difference between underlying and seminal
is that underlying is lying underneath while seminal is of or relating to seed or semen.As a noun seminal is
a seed.underlying
English
Adjective
(-)- We dug down to the underlying rock.
- Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
- Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
Anagrams
*seminal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
- "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.