As verbs the difference between detains and detins
is that detains is (detain) while detins is (detin).
detains
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detain
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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.
detins
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(detin)
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detin
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Verb
(detinn)
To remove the tin from (metal scrap), usually for resale.
Derived terms
* detinner
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