 We use between to refer to two things which are clearly separated.

 Between is most often used to introduce a prepositional phrase which contains two
singular or plural noun phrases:

 There was a cyclist

 [prepositional phrase]
 between the car and the lorry

 .I didn’t see any difference

 [prepositional phrase]
 between the real bags and the imitation bags
 .
Under is a preposition. When we use under as a
preposition, it is similar to below. We use under to talk
about something that is below or lower than something
else
 Across means on the other side of something, or from one side to the other of something
which has sides or limits such as a city, road or river.

 . We took a boat
 [PREP]
 across
 the river.

 [PREP]
 Across
 the room, she could see some old friends. She got up and went to join them.