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Unring vs Unthink - What's the difference?

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Unring is a see also of unthink.


As verbs the difference between unring and unthink

is that unring is to reverse ringing while unthink is (intransitive) to undo the process of thinking.

unring

English

Verb

  • To reverse ringing

    • Usage notes

    *Because the act of reversing ring is impossible, almost all usage of the word will be with "not". The principle use is in the proverbial "You can't unring a bell."

    Derived terms

    *unring a bell *you can't unring a bell

    unthink

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To undo the process of thinking.
  • * 1993 , Henning F Harmuth, Information Theory Applied to Space-time Physics
    • We should have to unthink as far back as Aristotle...
  • * 2006 , Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen
    • In An Experiment with an Air-Pump , characters repeatedly assert that "once you've thought something, you can't unthink it, can you?"

    See also

    * unring