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Chillout vs Unwind - What's the difference?

chillout | unwind |

As a noun chillout

is a period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.

As a verb unwind is

to wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn.

chillout

English

Alternative forms

* chill-out * chill out

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
  • * 2011 , Chris Gibson, John Connell, Festival Places: Revitalising Rural Australia , page 70, ISBN 1845412095
    • The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce cancelled this year's SnowFest . President Peter Markey says instead a 'chillout day' is being held at the end of the month.

    unwind

    English

    Verb

  • To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
    • Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
  • (obsolete) To disentangle
  • * 1836 , , The Works of Richard Hooker , Volume 4, page 27:
    • ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...
  • (slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
    • After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
  • To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

    • Related terms

    * wind