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Derail vs Derailer - What's the difference?

derail | derailer |

As nouns the difference between derail and derailer

is that derail is a device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail while derailer is one who, or that which, derails.

As a verb derail

is to cause to come off the tracks.

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

    Anagrams

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    derailer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, derails.