Underscore vs Undermine - What's the difference?
underscore | undermine |
An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character .
(music) A piece of background music.
To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
To emphasize or draw attention to.
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 312:
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
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As verbs the difference between underscore and undermine
is that underscore is to underline; to mark a line beneath text while undermine is to dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.As a noun underscore
is an underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.underscore
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(underscor)- I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.
See also
* underbar (typography marks)undermine
English
Verb
(undermin)- Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross.
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