Unbound vs Unwound - What's the difference?
unbound | unwound |
(unbind)
To take bindings off.
(figuratively) To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
To disable a key binding.
* Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes (page 23)
(unwind)
To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
(obsolete) To disentangle
* 1836 , , The Works of Richard Hooker , Volume 4, page 27:
(slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
As verbs the difference between unbound and unwound
is that unbound is simple past of unbind while unwound is past tense of unwind.unbound
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(head)Derived terms
* unboundedunbind
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Verb
- Unbinds the specified key from a command
unwound
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(head)unwind
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- Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
- ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...
- After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.