class vs underclass

underclass vs class

class and underclass both are nouns.

class is not an adjective while underclass is an adjective.

class is a verb but underclass is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
class	Yes	No	Yes	No
underclass	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, underclass is a hyponym of class; that is, underclass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than class:

class: people having the same social, economic, or educational status
underclass: the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

Other hyponyms of class include domain, world, age class, agriculture, brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, estate, estate of the realm, the three estates, labor, labour, proletariat, working class, lower class, bourgeoisie, middle class, booboisie, commonality, commonalty, commons, peasantry, demimonde, underworld, yeomanry, caste, caste, upper class, upper crust, ninja, firing line, immigrant class, center, centre, old school, market, craft, trade, fair sex, woman, womanhood, patriciate.

class (noun)	underclass (noun)
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings	the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
elegance in dress or behavior
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
people having the same social, economic, or educational status
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
a body of students who are taught together
a body of students who graduate together
a league ranked by quality

class (adjective)	underclass (adjective)
	belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum

class (verb)	underclass (verb)
arrange or order by classes or categories

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