Difference between Lowball and Underestimate

What is the difference between Lowball and Underestimate?

Lowball as a noun is the position of the ball on an american railroad ball signal that indicated stop. while Underestimate as a noun is an estimate that is too low

Lowball

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop. A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.) A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser. An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.

Underestimate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make too low an estimate of value, quantity etc., regarding (someone)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an estimate that is too low

Example sentence: You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

We hope you now know whether to use Lowball or Underestimate in your sentence.

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