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Extricate vs Disembarrass - What's the difference?

extricate | disembarrass | Synonyms |

Extricate is a synonym of disembarrass.


In lang=en terms the difference between extricate and disembarrass

is that extricate is to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle while disembarrass is to get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment.

As verbs the difference between extricate and disembarrass

is that extricate is to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle while disembarrass is to get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment.

extricate

English

Verb

(extricat)
  • To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
  • I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
    The firemen had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
  • (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
  • * 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
  • Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated .

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    disembarrass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • to get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment
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