Unravel vs Feaze - What's the difference?
unravel | feaze |
to separate the threads (of); disentangle
to become undone; to collapse
* 2010 , Ian Cowie,
*:The great Ponzi scheme that lies behind our State pension is unravelling – as they all do eventually – because money being taken from new investors is insufficient to honour promises issued to earlier generations.
(figurative) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.
(figurative) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
* Dryden
To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.
To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.
As verbs the difference between unravel and feaze
is that unravel is to separate the threads (of); disentangle while feaze is an alternative spelling of lang=en.unravel
English
Verb
- Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You will unravel it.
- Mother couldn't unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.
"State pension Ponzi scheme unravels with retirement at 70", The Telegraph , June 24th, 2010,
- New Ponzi Scheme Unravels !
- to unravel a plot
- to unravel a mystery
- to unravel the confusion
- Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unravelled .
- ''to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty
- ''to unravel the broad consensus which was created
Usage notes
unraveling and unraveled are primarily US while unravelling and unravelled are primarily UK.Synonyms
* unriddle * solve * unsnarl * disentangleDerived terms
* unravellingAnagrams
* English ergative verbsfeaze
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Verb
- (Ainsworth)
- (Johnson)