Unbutton is a synonym of unfasten.
In transitive terms the difference between unfasten and unbutton
is that unfasten is to loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect while unbutton is to open something by undoing its buttons.
In intransitive terms the difference between unfasten and unbutton
is that unfasten is to come untied or unloosed while unbutton is to unfasten buttons.
unfasten
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
To come untied or unloosed.
Quotations
* , iv. 1. 209.
*: He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
Synonyms
* undo
* unbutton
* untie
* unzip
Antonyms
* do up
* button
* button up
* tie up
* zip
* zip up
unbutton
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To unfasten buttons
{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2
, Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he
unbutton'd , and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach}}
To open something by undoing its buttons
