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Thread vs Unpick - What's the difference?

thread | unpick |

As verbs the difference between thread and unpick

is that thread is to put thread through while unpick is (sewing) to undo sewing stitches.

As a noun thread

is a long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.

thread

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/2
    • , passage=He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.}}
  • A theme or idea.
  • A screw thread.
  • A sequence of connections.
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  • The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  • (label) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  • (label) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
  • A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
  • (label) Composition; quality; fineness.
  • * (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
    • A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread .

    Synonyms

    * (theme) topic

    Derived terms

    * hang by a thread * quadruple thread * screw thread * thread count * thread necromancy * thread pool * threadbare * threader * thready

    Verb

  • To put thread through.
    • thread a needle
  • To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
    • I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
  • * 2013 , Ben Smith, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24503988]", BBC Sport , 19 October 2013:
    • Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.
  • To screw on, to fit the s of a nut on a bolt

    • Derived terms

    * threaded (as adjective) * multithreaded

    Anagrams

    * * *

    See also

    (sewing needle) ----

    unpick

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
  • (knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
  • To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.
  • (figuratively) To disassemble.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 25 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1) , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The home team eventually started to unpick the Town defence and Fabregas forced a saved from visiting goalkeeper Marton Fulop after collecting a pass from Bendtner, who played on the right side of the front line.}}