Disentangle vs. Untangle: What's the Difference?
Disentangle and Untangle Definitions
Disentangle
To extricate from entanglement or involvement; free.
Untangle
To free from a tangle; disentangle.
Disentangle
To clear up or resolve (a plot, for example); unravel.
Untangle
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve
The accountant was unable to untangle the company's finances.
Disentangle
To become free of entanglement.
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Untangle
(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
Disentangle
(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
Untangle
To remove confusion or mystery from.
It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
Disentangle
(transitive) To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.
Untangle
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
Untangle but this cruel chain.
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Disentangle
(intransitive) To become free or untangled.
Untangle
Release from entanglement of difficulty;
I cannot extricate myself from this task
Disentangle
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.
Untangle
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;
The sweater unravelled
Disentangle
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.
Disentangle
Release from entanglement of difficulty;
I cannot extricate myself from this task
Disentangle
Extricate from entanglement;
Can you disentangle the cord?
Disentangle
Free from involvement or entanglement;
How can I disentangle myself from her personal affiars?
Disentangle
Separate the tangles of
Disentangle
Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;
Comb your hair before dinner
Comb the wool