different between underscore vs underlie

English

Etymology

From under- +? score.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)?sk??(?)/

Noun

underscore (plural underscores)

1. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
2. (music) A piece of background music.

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Verb

underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple past and past participle underscored)

1. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
   • 2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X (page 14)

     By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.

2. To emphasize or draw attention to.

   I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

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See also

• underbar

Typography

English

Etymology

From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underli??an (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- +? lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)?la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

underlie (third-person singular simple present underlies, present participle underlying, simple past underlay, past participle underlain)

1. (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath.
2. (transitive) To lie under or beneath.

   A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

3. (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

   a doctrine underlying a theory

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,^[1]

     […] she was carved into the bole of a red cedar tree. Sun and storm had bleached the wood, moss here and there softened the crudeness of the modelling; sincerity underlay every stroke.
4. (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
5. (mining) To underlay.

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