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Underpin vs Undermind - What's the difference?

underpin | undermind |

As a verb underpin

is to support from below with props or masonry.

As a noun undermind is

the subconscious mind or self.

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.

    undermind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The subconscious mind or self.
  • *1909 , Percy Dearmer, Body and soul :
    • The doctor assists the undermind', and his assistance is often utterly indispensable: for instance, he "sets" a broken limb, and gives the ' undermind every assistance, [...]
  • The unconscious mind; intuition.
  • *2010 , Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, Riding the Waves of Innovation :
    • Others have named this "tortoise mind" as intuition, or the unconscious, and the id. Caxton goes on to name it the "undermind ."

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