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Unwound vs Unwrap - What's the difference?

unwound | unwrap |

As verbs the difference between unwound and unwrap

is that unwound is (unwind) while unwrap is to open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

unwound

English

Verb

(head)
  • (unwind)

  • 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.
  • unwrap

    English

    Verb

    (unwrapp)
  • To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.