Ravel
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel. To clarify by separation into simpler pieces.
Tangle
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a tangled twisted massa complicated or confused state or conditionan argument, conflict, dispute, or fightA region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to become mixed together or intertwinedto be forced into some kind of situationto enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fightto mix together or intertwineto catch and hold
Example sentence: There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.