Untangle vs. Unravel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Untangle and Unravel
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Untangle
To free from a tangle; disentangle.
Unravel
To undo or ravel the entangled, knitted, or woven threads of
Unraveled the sweater.
Untangle
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve
The accountant was unable to untangle the company's finances.
Unravel
To undo or separate (entangled, knitted, or woven threads).
Untangle
(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
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Unravel
To clarify the elements of (something mysterious or baffling); solve
The detective unraveled the mystery.
Untangle
To remove confusion or mystery from.
It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
Unravel
To cause to fail or become ruined or unfulfilled
Their plans to open a restaurant became unraveled.
Untangle
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
Untangle but this cruel chain.
Unravel
To become unraveled
The seam unraveled.
Untangle
Release from entanglement of difficulty;
I cannot extricate myself from this task
Unravel
To fail or become ruined or unfulfilled
His life unraveled after the stock market crash.
Untangle
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;
The sweater unravelled
Unravel
(transitive) To separate the threads (of); disentangle.
Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You'll unravel it.
Mother couldn't unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.
Unravel
To become separated; (of something woven, knitted, etc.) to come apart.
Unravel
To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.
To unravel a plot
To unravel a mystery
To unravel the confusion
Unravel
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
To unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty
To unravel the broad consensus which was created
Unravel
To become undone; to collapse.
Unravel
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
Unravel
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
Unravel
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
Unravel
To become unraveled, in any sense.
Unravel
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;
The sweater unravelled
Unravel
Disentangle;
Can you unravel the mystery?
Unravel the ball or yarn
Unravel
Become undone;
The sweater unraveled
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