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Unknot vs Unknit - What's the difference?

unknot | unknit |

As verbs the difference between unknot and unknit

is that unknot is to undo (a knot) while unknit is to unravel.

As a noun unknot

is (mathematics) in knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.

unknot

English

(wikipedia unknot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) In knot theory, a loop that is not knotted.

    • Verb

  • To undo (a knot).

    • Related terms

    * disentangle * untangle * untie

    unknit

    English

    Verb

  • To unravel.
  • :Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
  • To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.

    • Synonyms

    * (undo knitted stitches) tink