unravel vs disentangle

unravel and disentangle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unravel	No	No	Yes	No
disentangle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, disentangle is a hypernym of unravel; that is, disentangle is a word with a broader meaning than unravel:

Other hypernyms of unravel include straighten out, unsnarl.

unravel (verb)	disentangle (verb)
become undone	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of	extricate from entanglement
disentangle	separate the tangles of
	release from entanglement of difficulty
	free from involvement or entanglement