tangle vs train wreck

tangle

noun
  • Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person. 

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

  • An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • A complicated or confused state or condition. 

  • A tangled twisted mass. 

  • A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease. 

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

  • An instrument consisting essentially 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. 

  • A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns. 

verb
  • To mix together or intertwine. 

  • To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • To catch and hold. 

  • To become mixed together or intertwined. 

train wreck

noun
  • Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin. 

  • The aftermath of a train crash. 

  • A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers. 

verb
  • To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster. 

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