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Unhitch vs Disentangle - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between unhitch and disentangle

is that unhitch is to disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched while disentangle is to free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

unhitch

English

Verb

(es)
  • To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
  • *:There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it."
  • disentangle

    English

    Verb

    (disentangl)
  • To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
  • I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
  • To unravel a mystery etc
  • To become free or untangled