Untangle vs. Detangle: What's the Difference?

Untangle and Detangle Definitions

To free from a tangle; disentangle.

(transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).

To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve

The accountant was unable to untangle the company's finances.

(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.

With gentle combing, untangle your hair.

To remove confusion or mystery from.

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

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

Untangle but this cruel chain.

Release from entanglement of difficulty;

I cannot extricate myself from this task

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

The sweater unravelled