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Detrain vs Detain - What's the difference?

detrain | detain |

As verbs the difference between detrain and detain

is that detrain is (rail transport|intransitive) to exit from a train; to disembark while detain is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

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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    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.