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MrGuedes Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Below/beneath/under/underneath

Hello! I've been wondering for a long time, and I've decided to ask now if there's any difference between the words below, beneath, under, and underneath. I know (or, at least, I think I know) that all of them mean "in an inferior position in relation to something".

But is there any situation in which some of them might be more recommended than the others? What do you think? Thanks in advance for any reply!
  

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That' a tall order. Roughly speaking I'd say that "underneath" is the one to use when something is covered by something else. You are below a point but under a volume (below the surface / under the water).

— Enoon

  • That' a tall order.
  • Roughly speaking I'd say that "underneath" is the one to use when something is covered by something else.
  • You are below a point but under a volume (below the surface / under the water).
  • The figurative uses are legion.
  • Throw us a few sentences to pull apart like a litter of puppies with a pork chop.
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That' a tall order. Roughly speaking I'd say that "underneath" is the one to use when something is covered by something else. You are below a point but under a volume (below the surface / under the water). The figurative uses are legion.

Throw us a few sentences to pull apart like a litter of puppies with a pork chop.
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OK, thanks for your answer, enoon! By the way...
enoon: That's a tall order.
What does that mean? Is it a difficult question, or something? It was indeed the one I've ever asked that took the longest time to be answered... (no problem about that, of course! It was just a few days!)
enoon: Throw us a few sentences to pull apart like a litt
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MrGuedesenoon: That's a tall order.What does that mean? Is it a difficult question, or something? It was indeed the one I've ever asked that took the longest time to be answered... (no problem about that, of course! It was just a few days!)
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