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Underlying vs Underworking - What's the difference?

underlying | underworking |

As an adjective underlying

is lying underneath.

As a verb underworking is

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As a noun underworking is

lower or underlying workings.

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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    underworking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • lower or underlying workings
  • * 2010 , David Borgenicht, ?Joshua Piven, The Worst-Case Scenario Book of Survival Questions (page 157)
    • You've always been curious about the underworkings of the city, and you wonder where the ladder will take you. You descend the rungs until you are on solid ground.