different between overlap vs underline

English

Etymology

over- +? lap

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?-l?p?, IPA^(key): /???v??læp/
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?-l?p', IPA^(key): /???v??læp/
• (General American)
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?r-l?p?, IPA^(key): /?o?v??læp/
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?r-l?p', IPA^(key): /?o?v??læp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Verb

overlap (third-person singular simple present overlaps, present participle overlapping, simple past and past participle overlapped) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To extend over and partly cover something.

   The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.

2. To have an area, range, character or function in common.

   The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.

   • Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.

3. (mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.

   The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).

4. (genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

Synonyms

• intersect

Translations

Noun

overlap (plural overlaps)

1. Something that overlaps or is overlapped
2. (rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.
3. (insurance, pensions) The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.

Translations

References

English

Etymology

under- +? line

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (General American, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)

Noun

underline (plural underlines)

1. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
2. The character _.
3. (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

Translations

Verb

underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)

1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore

2. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
3. (figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
   • 1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham

     By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.

Translations

Adjective

underline (not comparable)

1. Passing under a railway line.
   • 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)

     Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.

See also

• underline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Typography

Anagrams

• unlinered

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English underline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??de??lajni/

Noun

underline m (plural underlines)

1. underscore (name of the character _)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:underline.