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Undo vs Unthink - What's the difference?

undo | unthink |

As verbs the difference between undo and unthink

is that undo is to reverse the effects of an action while unthink is (intransitive) to undo the process of thinking.

As an adjective undo

is .

undo

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • To reverse the effects of an action.
    • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.}}
  • To unfasten.
    • Could you undo my buckle for me?
  • (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
  • * 1611 ,
    • Woe is me, for I am undone !

    Synonyms

    * cancel, reverse * unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip

    Antonyms

    * redo * do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up,

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "undo")

    References

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----

    unthink

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To undo the process of thinking.
  • * 1993 , Henning F Harmuth, Information Theory Applied to Space-time Physics
    • We should have to unthink as far back as Aristotle...
  • * 2006 , Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen
    • In An Experiment with an Air-Pump , characters repeatedly assert that "once you've thought something, you can't unthink it, can you?"

    See also

    * unring