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Underneath vs Subtend - What's the difference?

underneath | subtend |

As an adverb underneath

is below; in a place beneath.

As a preposition underneath

is under, below, beneath.

As an adjective underneath

is under, lower.

As a noun underneath

is the part under or lower.

As a verb subtend is

to extend or stretch underneath or opposite something.

underneath

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Below; in a place beneath.
    • (rfexample)
  • On the underside or lower face of.
    • (rfexample)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Under, below, beneath.
    • Underneath the water, all was calm.
    We flew underneath the bridge.
    We looked underneath the table.
  • Under the control or power of.
    • There was little freedom underneath the jackboot.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Under, lower.
    • You can have the underneath bunk.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The part under or lower.
    • The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.
  • A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
  • * 2009 , Jay Trachtenberg (radio host), KUT-FM Radio, Austin, Texas, 17 Dec.:
    • The underneath is music from the latest album by [...].

    subtend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To extend or stretch underneath or opposite something
  • *2012 , Me, myself, us ,The Economist, 16th august 2012 issue
  • *:...trillions of bacteria, each equally an individual, which are found in a person’s gut, his mouth, his scalp, his skin and all of the crevices and orifices that subtend from his body’s surface.
  • (mathematics) To enclose an arc on a circle with an angle
    • A 43° angle subtends an arc about ¾ meter long on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.