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Derailed vs Defailed - What's the difference?

derailed | defailed |

As verbs the difference between derailed and defailed

is that derailed is past tense of derail while defailed is past tense of defail.

derailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (derail)

    • Anagrams

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    derail

    English

    (wikipedia derail)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
    • The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to come off the tracks.
    • The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
  • To come off the tracks.
  • To deviate from the previous course or direction.
    • The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
  • To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
    • The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "derail")

    Derived terms

    * derailment

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    defailed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (defail)

    • defail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cause to fail.
    • (Webster 1913)