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Unfolds vs Unmolds - What's the difference?

unfolds | unmolds |

As verbs the difference between unfolds and unmolds

is that unfolds is third-person singular of unfold while unmolds is third-person singular of unmold.

unfolds

English

Verb

(head)
  • (unfold)

  • unfold

    English

    Verb

  • To undo a folding.
  • * Herbert
  • Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
  • To turn out; to happen; to develop.
  • * '>citation
  • Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
  • To reveal.
  • * , I.v.
  • Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing  To what I shall unfold .
  • To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • Unfold the passion of my love.
  • To release from a fold or pen.
  • Antonyms
    * fold

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
  • unmolds

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unmold)

  • unmold

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove something from a mold.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 3, author=, title=Recipe: Timbale of Skate, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Pack some fish or crab meat into a 4-ounce mold (a ½-cup metal measuring cup works fine) and unmold onto a platter. }}