What about ravel and unravel?

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I wish the master had addressed those in his column.

For what it’s worth,
Rob

2

Oh dear ! a simple google and

RAVEL
Definition:

  1. [noun] French composer and exponent of Impressionsim (1875-1937)
    Synonyms: Ravel, Maurice Ravel

  2. [noun] a row of unravelled stitches; “she got a run in her stocking”
    Synonyms: run, ladder

  3. [verb] disentangle; “can you unravel the mystery?”; “unravel the ball or yarn”
    Synonyms: un out

  4. [verb] tangle or complicate; “a ravelled story”
    Synonyms: tangle, knot

It would seem that ravel does mean quite the opposite of unravel :wink:

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There are lots of words that are their own antonyms. They’re called contronyms. See a list here

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Thanks, I was looking for some good contronyms for the he/pronoun thread.