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Uncurled vs Uncurbed - What's the difference?

uncurled | uncurbed |

As a verb uncurled

is (uncurl).

As an adjective uncurbed is

unlimited; unrestricted.

uncurled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (uncurl)

  • uncurl

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
  • The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
  • * John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
  • But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
  • Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.

    uncurbed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unlimited; unrestricted.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=John F. Burns, title=Anglo-American Capitalism on Trial, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Partly because of the heavy burden of government debt built up during his stewardship, and the uncurbed recklessness of the country’s banks, Britain’s recession is already the harshest in Western Europe. }}