different between unsay vs disown

English

Etymology

From un- +? say.

Verb

unsay (third-person singular simple present unsays, present participle unsaying, simple past and past participle unsaid)

1. To withdraw, retract (something said).
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad […]

2. To not have said (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive).

   I wish I could unsay that.

   There are some things I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.

Synonyms

• (retract something said): retract, take back, unspeak; See also Thesaurus:recant

Anagrams

• anyus, yuans

English

Etymology

dis- +? own

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)

1. (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
2. (transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.

   Synonyms: disavow, disclaim; see also Thesaurus:repudiate
3. (transitive, computing, Unix) To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.

Usage notes

Particularly used of parents regarding their children, and stronger than the similar estrange, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.

Translations

Anagrams

• indows