Underpin vs Underlay - What's the difference?
underpin | underlay |
To support from below with props or masonry.
(figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.
(underlie)
To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
To put a tap on (a shoe).
To incline from the vertical; to hade.
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.
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)- You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse.
- Public confidence in politicians must underpin our democracy.
underlay
English
Verb
(head)Verb
- to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
Noun
(en noun)- The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
