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Detains vs Detrains - What's the difference?

detains | detrains |

As verbs the difference between detains and detrains

is that detains is (detain) while detrains is (detrain).

detains

English

Verb

(head)
  • (detain)
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    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.

    detrains

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detrain)
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    detrain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rail transport) To exit from a train; to disembark
  • If you plan to detrain at the next stop, please begin gathering your belongings.
  • (rail transport) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.
  • Following the accident passengers were detrained through the rear cab
  • (of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
  • Antonyms

    * (to exit from a train) entrain

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