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Underpinning vs Substructure - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between underpinning and substructure

is that underpinning is a support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall or a metaphorical basis for something while substructure is the supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).

As a verb underpinning

is present participle of lang=en.

underpinning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia underpinning) (en noun)
  • A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall or a metaphorical basis for something.
  • Legs, more generally.
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    substructure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
  • The earth or gravel that railway sleepers are embedded in.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * superstructure