What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Unwind vs Unwild - What's the difference?

unwind | unwild |

As a verb unwind

is to wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn.

As an adjective unwild is

not wild.

unwind

English

Verb

  • To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
  • Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
  • (obsolete) To disentangle
  • * 1836 , , The Works of Richard Hooker , Volume 4, page 27:
  • ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...
  • (slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
  • After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
  • To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
  • unwild

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not wild.