Extricate vs Untangled - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between extricate and untangled

is that extricate is to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle while untangled is past tense of untangle.

not tangled.

(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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(head)

(untangle)

(-)

Not tangled.

(untangl)

To remove tangles or knots.

With gentle combing, untangle your hair.

(by extension) To remove confusion or mystery.

It took awhile, but he finally untangled the problem.

* disentangle

* tangle