In lang=en terms the difference between unstring and unsting
is that
unstring is to shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in while
unsting is to disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
As verbs the difference between unstring and unsting
is that
unstring is to remove the string or strings from while
unsting is to disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
unstring English
Verb
To remove the string or strings from.
:Unstring the bows before storing them.
To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.
* Robert Louis Stevenson, Olalla
- The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me
* Clifton Johnson, Battleground Adventures
- A fire is the only thing that unstrings me entirely, I feel so helpless to combat it. I'm afraid of snakes, but I can kill them.
To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.
* 1980 , Norman R. Lyons, Structured Cobol for Data Processing
- It is also possible to save the delimiters (this might prove useful if the delimiters were also some sort of text identifier) and to count the length of the data items we are unstringing .
Synonyms
* explode
Anagrams
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unsting English
Verb
( en verb)
To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
- Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice will not unsting calamity. — J. M. Mason.
( Webster 1913) |