What's the difference between unface and unlace?

Unface


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.

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Unlace


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
  • (v. t.) To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
  • (v. t.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A superb, dangerously over-worked, standing self-portrait, Painter Working, Reflection 1993 portrays the ageing artist wearing only unlaced boots, holding a palette and knife (he was left-handed), addressing the viewer like a silent actor; invariably paint applied imaginatively to the planes of walls and floor reads as though a leitmotif for the prevailing mood.
  • (2) X-rays displayed next to a case of corsetry show the difference in a rib cage when a corset is unlaced and laced.
  • (3) Around day 2, tufts of the glomerated LBS were unlaced and dispersed as (ICCOSOMES) in the interstitium.

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