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Untie vs Unbind - What's the difference?

untie | unbind |

Unbind is a synonym of untie.

Unbind is a antonym of untie.



As verbs the difference between untie and unbind

is that untie is to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of while unbind is to take bindings off.

untie

English

Verb

  • To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
    • to untie a knot
  • * (rfdate), Waller:
    • Sacharissa's captive fain / Would untie his iron chain.
  • To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
  • * Shakespeare, Macbeth , act 4, scene 1:
    • Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches.
  • * (rfdate), Jeremy Taylor:
    • All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness.
  • To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
  • * (rfdate), Denham:
    • They quicken sloth, perplexities untie .
  • To become untied or loosed.

    • Antonyms

    * tie

    Anagrams

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    unbind

    English

    Verb

  • To take bindings off.
  • (figuratively) To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
  • To disable a key binding.
  • * Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes (page 23)
    • Unbinds the specified key from a command