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Controlling vs Underlying - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between controlling and underlying

is that controlling is having control over a person or thing while underlying is lying underneath.

As a verb controlling

is present participle of lang=en.

controlling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having control over a person or thing.
    • His mother is very controlling .

    Synonyms

    * dominant, domineering, manipulative

    Verb

    (head)

    • underlying

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • lying underneath
    • We dug down to the underlying rock.
  • basic or fundamental
    • Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
  • implicit
    • Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.

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