Disentangle vs. Untangle

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.
Untangle
(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
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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.
Disentangle
(intransitive) To become free or untangled.
Untangle
Release from entanglement of difficulty;
I cannot extricate myself from this task
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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?
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Disentangle
Separate the tangles of
Disentangle
Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb;
Comb your hair before dinner
Comb the wool