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Entangled vs Ensnared - What's the difference?

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Entangled is a related term of ensnared.


As verbs the difference between entangled and ensnared

is that entangled is (entangle) while ensnared is (ensnare).

As an adjective entangled

is tangled or twisted together.

entangled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (entangle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tangled or twisted together
  • confused or complicated
  • (physics) (of two quantum states'') correlated, even though physically separated; (''referring to a state of a composite system ) not separable

    • See also

    * quantum entanglement

    ensnared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ensnare)

    • ensnare

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
  • * 2005 : ,
    • When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
  • To entangle; to enmesh.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}

    Related terms

    * snare