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Why do ravel and unravel mean the same thing?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    For the same reason that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ravel means to wind something up (as with knitting wool) and unravel means to unwind it, English meanings change (as in gay) so don't ask me

  • 4 years ago

    Unravel Means

  • 1 decade ago

    They don't,, to ravel is to intertwine something, to unravel is to undo it.

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