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Inknot vs Unknot - What's the difference?

inknot | unknot |

As verbs the difference between inknot and unknot

is that inknot is to fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together while unknot is to undo (a knot).

As a noun unknot is

in knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.

inknot

English

Verb

  • To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
    • (Fuller)
    (Webster 1913)

    unknot

    English

    (wikipedia unknot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) In knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.

    • Verb

  • To undo (a knot).

    • Related terms

    * disentangle * untangle * untie