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bid vs underbid

underbid vs bid

bid is a noun but underbid is not a noun.

bid and underbid both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bid Yes No Yes No
underbid No No Yes No
As verbs, underbid is a hyponym of bid; that is, underbid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bid:
  • bid: propose a payment
  • underbid: bid too low
Other hyponyms of bid include by-bid, subscribe, overbid, outbid.
As verbs, underbid is a hyponym of bid; that is, underbid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bid:
  • bid: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
  • underbid: bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
Other hyponyms of bid include raise, double, outcall, outbid, overbid, preempt.
bid (noun) underbid (noun)
an attempt to get something
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
bid (verb) underbid (verb)
ask someone in a friendly way to do something bid too low
invoke upon bid lower than a competing bidder
ask for or request earnestly bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
propose a payment
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
make a serious effort to attain something
Difference between bid and underbid

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