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Embedded vs Unembed - What's the difference?

embedded | unembed |

As verbs the difference between embedded and unembed

is that embedded is past tense of embed while unembed is to remove (something embedded) from what it is fixed in.

As an adjective embedded

is part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.

embedded

Verb

(head)
  • (embed)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
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  • Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.
  • unembed

    English

    Verb

    (unembedd)
  • To remove (something embedded) from what it is fixed in.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 4, author=Christopher Buckley, title=Our Man in Iraq, Embedded Unhappily, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=It goes on and gets rather graphic as Jimmy, under the impression that he’s speaking to someone at The Herald, pleads to be unembedded . }}