As verbs the difference between detain and cryofocus
is that detain is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention while cryofocus is (chemistry) to trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap.
detain
English
Verb
(
en verb)
Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
To put under custody.
To keep back or from; to withhold.
* Jeremy Taylor
- Detain not the wages of the hireling.
cryofocus
English
Verb
(es)
(chemistry) To trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap