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Underpin vs Underlay - What's the difference?

underpin | underlay |

In transitive terms the difference between underpin and underlay

is that underpin is to support from below with props or masonry while underlay is to put a tap on (a shoe).

As a noun underlay is

a layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.

underpin

English

Verb

(underpinn)
  • To support from below with props or masonry.
  • You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse.
  • (figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.
  • Public confidence in politicians must underpin our democracy.

    underlay

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (underlie)
  • Verb

  • To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
  • To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
  • to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
  • To put a tap on (a shoe).
  • To incline from the vertical; to hade.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
  • A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
  • Anything that is underlaid
  • (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
  • The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.