Intertangle vs. Tangle — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Intertangle and Tangle
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Definitions
Intertangle
(transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
Tangle
To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl
The fishing lines from the two boats were tangled.
Intertangle
To entangle; to intertwine.
Tangle
To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass
A turtle was tangled in the fishing net.
Tangle
To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage
He got tangled up in a scheme to commit fraud.
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Tangle
To be or become entangled.
Tangle
(Informal) To enter into argument, dispute, or conflict
Tangled with the law.
Tangle
A confused, intertwined mass
A tangle of blood vessels.
Tangle
A jumbled or confused state or condition
A tangle of conflicting reports.
Tangle
(Informal) An argument or altercation.
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Tangle
Any of several large edible seaweeds, especially a kelp.
Tangle
(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
Tangle
(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.
Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
Tangle
To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
He tangled with the law.
Tangle
(transitive) To catch and hold.
Tangle
A tangled twisted mass.
Tangle
A complicated or confused state or condition.
I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
Tangle
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Tangle
(mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
Tangle
(medicine) A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Tangle
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Tangle
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
Tangle
(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
Tangle
(Scotland) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
Tangle
To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
Tangle
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
When my simple weakness strays,Tangled in forbidden ways.
Tangle
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Tangle
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean.
Tangle
A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
Tangle
An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, - used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
Tangle
A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven;
They carved their way through the tangle of vines
Tangle
Something jumbled or confused;
A tangle of government regulations
Tangle
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;
They were swept up by the events
Don't drag me into this business
Tangle
Tangle or complicate;
A ravelled story
Tangle
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel;
The strong wind tousled my hair
Tangle
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;
The child entangled the cord