Undersee vs Undersea - What's the difference?
undersee | undersea |
To see or look under or below; see below the surface of.
*1938 , Saturday review of literature: Volume 18:
To look intently into; examine; inspect.
*1978 , Karl D. Jackson, Lucian W. Pye, Political power and communications in Indonesia :
To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.
*2002 , Nicholas Weinstock, As Long As She Needs Me :
*2010 , Wendelin Van Draanen, Stephen Gilpin, The Power Potion :
*2011 , Georgia O'Keeffe, Sarah Greenough, My Faraway One :
As a verb undersee
is to see or look under or below; see below the surface of.As an adjective undersea is
existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.undersee
English
Verb
- Newfoundland guides, trying to point out to a fisherman a salmon in the water, may say: "You have to undersee' the shine." Ken has a remarkable ability to "' undersee the shine." He is not deceived by surfaces.
- At these less visible but still crucial levels, a substantial military presence would appear to have strengthened the capacity of the government to implement policy, by toughening the chain of command and by enabling officers to play watchdog roles "underseeing " civilian ministers.
- But he didn't read books; he only oversaw, or undersaw , the niggling details of their mass production.
- Damien took an alternate route to oversee (or, more accurately, undersee ) the execution of his dirty work.
- Perhaps I was too fond of him at one time—perhaps too fond still—to be entirely fair to his work—Perhaps “oversaw” it formerly—when he potentially lived in me—& “undersee ” it now when I am impatient with all tricks [...]