Unseel vs Unsell - What's the difference?
unseel | unsell |
(obsolete) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled.
(obsolete, by extension) To give light to; to enlighten.
To cause to appear less attractive to consumers or adherents.
* 1983 , Thomas C. Kinnear, Kenneth L. Bernhardt, Dynamics of marketing principles: a reader
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 9, author=Robert A. Lopes; As Told To Amy Zipkin, title=A Sporting Chance, work=New York Times
, passage=After the meeting Bob grabbed me by the ear and told me, "Once you make the sale, shut up and don't unsell it." }}
As verbs the difference between unseel and unsell
is that unseel is to open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled while unsell is to cause to appear less attractive to consumers or adherents.unseel
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(en verb)- (Ben Jonson)
unsell
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- At the same time, every effort to unsell something may also be viewed as an effort to sell something else. Those who attempt to unsell cigarette smoking are attempting to sell health...
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