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Underlying vs Elementary - What's the difference?

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Underlying is a related term of elementary.


As adjectives the difference between underlying and elementary

is that underlying is lying underneath while elementary is relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

underlying

English

Adjective

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  • 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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    elementary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
  • Relating to an elementary school.
  • (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
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  • (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

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