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Unfasten vs Unlock - What's the difference?

unfasten | unlock |

In transitive terms the difference between unfasten and unlock

is that unfasten is to loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect while unlock is to disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.

In intransitive terms the difference between unfasten and unlock

is that unfasten is to come untied or unloosed while unlock is to be or become unfastened or unrestrained.

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

    References

    * English ergative verbs

    unlock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
  • To obtain access to something.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
  • To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
  • *
    • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked .