different between unwind vs unmind

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindan? (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- +? wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?wa?nd/

• Rhymes: -a?nd

Verb

unwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound)

1. (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)

   Synonyms: untwist, untwine

2. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle
   • 1836, Richard Hooker, 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, […]

3. (intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress

4. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
5. (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
6. (transitive, finance) To undo something.
7. (transitive, programming) To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
   • 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)

     If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.

Related terms

• wind

Translations

Noun

unwind (plural unwinds)

1. Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.
   • 1989, Ruth E. Goldenberg, Lawrence J. Kenah, VMS Internals and Data Structures: Version 5 Update

     The NEWPC argument specifies the address to which control should be returned after the unwind is complete. If it is omitted, its default is for control to return to the PC saved in the call frame next outermost to the unwound ones.

   • 1998, Tappi Journal (volume 81, page 207)

     A primary function of the unwind is to provide a guided web into the slitter rewinder for accuracy in locating the web for slitting or to realign the edge of the web in a straight rewinding operation.

English

Etymology

From un- +? mind.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd

Verb

unmind (third-person singular simple present unminds, present participle unminding, simple past and past participle unminded)

1. (transitive) To not mind; misregard; put off; disregard.
2. (transitive) To disobey.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To put out of mind; clear the mind.

Synonyms

• (to disregard): ignore, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
• (to disobey): refuse; see also Thesaurus:disobey
• (clear the mind): zone out