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Unwind vs Unwinding - What's the difference?

unwind | unwinding |

As verbs the difference between unwind and unwinding

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

As a noun unwinding is

the act by which something is unwound.

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.

    • Related terms

    * wind

    unwinding

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is unwound.