Tangle vs Mesh - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between tangle and mesh

is that tangle is to become mixed together or intertwined while mesh is to fit in, to come together.

As nouns the difference between tangle and mesh

is that tangle is a tangled twisted mass or tangle can be any large type of seaweed, especially a species of laminaria while mesh is a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

tangle

English

(wikipedia tangle)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; apparently a variant form of (tagle).

Verb

(tangl)

to become mixed together or intertwined

Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.

to be forced into some kind of situation

to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

Don't tangle with someone three times your size.

He tangled with the law.

to mix together or intertwine

to catch and hold

* Milton

Tangled in amorous nets.

* Crashaw

When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.

Synonyms

* (to become mixed together or intertwined) dishevel, tousle * (to be forced into some kind of situation) drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up * argue, conflict, dispute, fight * (to mix together or intertwine) entangle, knot, mat, snarl * (to catch and hold) entrap

Antonyms

* (to mix together or intertwine) untangle, unsnarl

Noun

(en noun)

A tangled twisted mass.

A complicated or confused state or condition.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}

An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

(mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

Synonyms

* (tangled twisted mass) knot, mess, snarl * (complicated or confused state or condition) maze, snarl * argument, conflict, dispute, fight

Etymology 2

Of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic .

Noun

(en noun)

Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria .

* 1849 , , In Memoriam , 10:

Than if with thee the roaring wells / Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; / And hands so often clasped in mine, / Should toss with tangle and with shells.

(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.

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Anagrams

* English ergative verbs

mesh

English

Noun

(wikipedia mesh) (es)

A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

* Shakespeare

a golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men

The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.

(computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

Synonyms

* (space and threads) lattice, network, net

Derived terms

* mesh number

Verb

(es)

To fit in, to come together.

The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.

To catch in a mesh.

(Surrey)

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