Underlay vs. Underlie: What's the Difference?

To put (one thing) under another.

To be located under or below.

To provide with a base or support.

To be the support or basis of; account for

(Printing) To raise or support (the level of a bed) by inserting a piece of paper or other material under the type.

To constitute a prior claim over.

Past tense of underlie.

(intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something. en

To be located under or below.

(transitive) To lie under or beneath.

To be the support or basis of; account for

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

To constitute a prior claim over.

(transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.

Something, such as felt under a carpet, that is underlaid. Also called underlayment.

(mining) To underlay.

(Printing) Paper or other material used to underlay.

To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.

To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

(transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.

To be subject or amenable to.

(transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).

To lie below or under.

To incline from the vertical.

Be or form the base for

A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.

Lie underneath

A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.

Anything that is underlaid.

A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.

(music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.

To lay beneath; to put under.

To put a tap on (a shoe).

To incline from the vertical; to hade; - said of a vein, fault, or lode.

The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; - called also underlie.

A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the form, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.

A pad placed under a carpet

Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type;

Put (something) under or beneath;

Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing;