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Underlying vs Underlining - What's the difference?

underlying | underlining |

As an adjective underlying

is lying underneath.

As a verb underlining is

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As a noun underlining is

an act or instance of marking text with an underline.

underlying

English

Adjective

(-)
  • lying underneath
    • We dug down to the underlying rock.
  • basic or fundamental
    • Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
  • implicit
    • Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.

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    underlining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of marking text with an underline.
  • * 2005 , Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right (page 238)
    • There are so many underlinings , so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.
  • A lining on the inside of a garment.