Disentangle vs Elucidate - What's the difference?
disentangle | elucidate |
To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
To unravel a mystery etc
To become free or untangled
To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
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As verbs the difference between disentangle and elucidate
is that disentangle is to free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot while elucidate is to make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.disentangle
English
Verb
(disentangl)- I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
elucidate
English
Verb
(elucidat)- The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.
Medicine: Unmasking the Brain," Time , 4 April:
- [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.
Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times , 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):
- The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.