to ravel = v. desfiar, desfazer, desembaraçar; complicar, confundir ou perturbar to unravel = v. desatar, descosturar; resolver, solucionar The sweater ravelled out at the elbow. A grandmother started to unravel a tangle.

I've never heard the word "ravel".

"ravel"To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); "unravel" There you have it, they mean the same thing. ep:My shirt sleeve is starting to ravel at the cuff. The hem has begun to unravel.

"ravel"To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); "unravel" There you have it, they mean the same thing. ep:My shirt sleeve is starting to ravel at the cuff. The hem has begun to unravel.