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Underlying vs Undersong - What's the difference?

underlying | undersong |

As an adjective underlying

is lying underneath.

As a noun undersong is

the burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

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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    undersong

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
    • Dryden.
  • Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.
    • an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mindcan comprehend. — Landor.
    (Webster 1913)