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loosening vs unfastening

unfastening vs loosening

loosening and unfastening both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
loosening Yes No No No
unfastening Yes No No No
As nouns, unfastening is a hyponym of loosening; that is, unfastening is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than loosening:
  • loosening: the act of making something less tight
  • unfastening: loosening the ties that fasten something
Other hyponyms of loosening include undoing, untying.
loosening (noun) unfastening (noun)
the act of making something less tight loosening the ties that fasten something
an occurrence of control or strength weakening
Difference between loosening and unfastening

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