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Unwatch vs Unseen - What's the difference?

unwatch | unseen |

As verbs the difference between unwatch and unseen

is that unwatch is (rare) to undo the watching of something; to unsee while unseen is .

As an adjective unseen is

not seen or discovered.

As a noun unseen is

an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

unwatch

English

Verb

(es)
  • (rare) To undo the watching of something; to unsee.
  • * 2004 , Charles Roxburgh, Matt Farley, Tom Scalzo, ShockJuly: An Adventure in Horror (page 65)
    • I wish I could unwatch this nightmare so that I wouldn't have this baggage knocking around in my brain for the rest of my life. Never, for the love of God, watch this movie.
  • (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To remove (a webpage) from one's watchlist.
  • *

    • unseen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not seen or discovered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
  • Unskilled; inexperienced.
    • Derived terms
    * sight unseen

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
    • What has been seen cannot be unseen .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
    • I have French and Latin unseens this summer.