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Disentangle vs Disassemble - What's the difference?

disentangle | disassemble |

As verbs the difference between disentangle and disassemble

is that disentangle is to free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot while disassemble is to take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

disentangle

English

Verb

(disentangl)
  • To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
  • I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
  • To unravel a mystery etc
  • To become free or untangled
  • disassemble

    English

    Verb

  • To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
  • To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
  • (computing) To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.