different between undercurrent vs feeling

English

Etymology

under- +? current.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?k??(?)nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??k???nt/
• Hyphenation: un?der?cur?rent

Noun

undercurrent (plural undercurrents)

1. A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
2. (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.

   Synonyms: subcurrent, subtext

Translations

See also

• undertow

Verb

undercurrent (third-person singular simple present undercurrents, present participle undercurrenting, simple past and past participle undercurrented)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface.

Further reading

• undercurrent (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English felyng, equivalent to feel +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fi?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fil??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??

Adjective

feeling (comparative more feeling, superlative most feeling)

1. Emotionally sensitive.

   Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.

2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.

   He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Translations

Noun

feeling (plural feelings)

1. Sensation, particularly through the skin.

   The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.

2. Emotion; impression.

   The house gave me a feeling of dread.

3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.

   You really hurt my feelings when you said that.

4. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.

   Many people still have feelings for their first love.

5. Intuition.

   He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.

   I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.

   • 1987, The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

     Got on a lucky one

     Came in eighteen to one

     I've got a feeling

     This year's for me and you

6. An opinion, an attitude.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

feeling

1. present participle of feel

Derived terms

• feeling no pain

Anagrams

• fine leg, fleeing, flingee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li?/

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. instinct, hunch

Anagrams

• églefin

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi.li?/

Noun

feeling m (invariable)

1. an intense and immediate current of likability that is established between two people; feeling

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• filing

Noun

feeling m

1. feeling, hunch

Synonyms

• osje?aj

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?filin/, [?fi.l?n]

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

1. feeling, hunch
2. spark; attraction; feeling