Disintegrate vs Disentangle - What's the difference?
disintegrate | disentangle |
To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
* Kirwan
To fall apart, break up into parts.
To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
To unravel a mystery etc
To become free or untangled
In transitive terms the difference between disintegrate and disentangle
is that disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts while disentangle is to unravel a mystery etc.In intransitive terms the difference between disintegrate and disentangle
is that disintegrate is to fall apart, break up into parts while disentangle is to become free or untangled.disintegrate
English
Verb
(disintegrat)- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Synonyms
* (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolveAntonyms
* integrateDerived terms
* disintegration * disintegrative * disintegratordisentangle
English
Verb
(disentangl)- I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.