Disentangle vs. Untangle

Disentangleverb

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

‘I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.’;

Untangleverb

(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.

‘With gentle combing, untangle your hair.’;

Disentangleverb

(transitive) To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.

Untangleverb

To remove confusion or mystery from.

‘It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.’;

Disentangleverb

(intransitive) To become free or untangled.

Untangleverb

To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

‘Untangle but this cruel chain.’;

Disentangleverb

To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

Untangleverb

release from entanglement of difficulty;

‘I cannot extricate myself from this task’;

Disentangleverb

To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

‘To disentangle truth from error.’; ‘To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth.’; ‘A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures.’;

Untangleverb

become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;

‘the sweater unravelled’;

Disentangleverb

release from entanglement of difficulty;

‘I cannot extricate myself from this task’;

Disentangleverb

extricate from entanglement;

‘Can you disentangle the cord?’;

Disentangleverb

free from involvement or entanglement;

‘How can I disentangle myself from her personal affiars?’;

Disentangleverb

separate the tangles of

Disentangleverb

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;

‘comb your hair before dinner’; ‘comb the wool’;