Difference between Relax and Unwind

RELAX vs UNWIND: NOUN

Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
Cause to feel relaxed
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Make less tight
Become loose or looser or less tight
Make less active or fast
Become less severe or strict
To calm down.
To make something loose.
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
Make less taut
Make less severe or strict

Reverse the winding or twisting of
Separate the tangles of
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Cause to feel relaxed
To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

To disentangle.
To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine.

To remit in close attention; unbend.
To abate in severity; become more mild or less rigorous.
To become loose, feeble, or languid.
To divert, recreate.
To mitigate, ease.
Synonyms To loose, unbrace, weaken, enervate, debilitate.
To set loose or free; give up or over.
To relieve from constipation; loosen; open: as, medicines relax the bowels.
To abate; take away.
To relieve from attention or effort; afford a relaxation to; unbend: as, conversation relaxes the mind of the student.
To remit or abate in respect to attention, assiduity, effort, or labor: as, to relax study; to relax exertions or efforts.
To make less severe or rigorous; remit or abate in strictness: as, to relax a law or rule.
To slacken; make more lax or less tense or rigid; loosen; make less close or firm: as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Relaxed; loose.

To wind off; loose or separate, as what is wound or convolved; set free or loose: as, to unwind thread or a ball.
To disentangle; free from entanglement.
To admit of being unwound; become unwound: as, a skein that unwinds easily.

Ease, Chill, Lighten, Breathe, Relaxation, Unstrain, Unlax, Make relaxed, Slow down, Loosen up, Loose, Unbend, Loosen, Decompress, Unwind

Ravel, Settle, Chill, Lighten, Wind off, Unstrain, Unlax, Make relaxed, Slow down, Loosen up, Unbend, Unroll, Disentangle, Decompress, Relax

Easing, Relieve, Cool, Soften, Calm, Ease, Chill, Breathe, Relaxation, Slow down, Loosen up, Loose, Unbend, Loosen, Decompress

Untangle, Rejuvenate, Loosen, Unravel, Laze, Destress, Rest, Settle, Chill, Slow down, Loosen up, Unbend, Disentangle, Decompress, Relax

Thank you for making me laugh and relax!
Lay back, relax, and prepare to look radiant.
Man, you need to seriously relax a little!
So sit back, relax, and check it out!
Restaurants and to the beach or exploring out in the Village, relax in the Village, relax in utmost!
Relax and unwind in a comfortable clean area after a day of exploring or use the pool or BBQ area to relax.
You can pitch your tent, relax in a caravan, or relax in a self catering tourist lodge or motel unit.
This procedure, with sufficient practice, can allow you to relax generalized residual tension down to zero, thus helping to really relax your whole body.
Instead of needing to be comfortable to relax, we learn to relax with discomfort.
RELAX NG: Unification of RELAX Core and TREX.