Distrait vs Distract - What's the difference?
distrait | distract |
To divert the attention of.
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, title= (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
(obsolete) Insane; mad.
As adjectives the difference between distrait and distract
is that distrait is absent-minded, troubled, distracted while distract is separated; drawn asunder.As a verb distract is
to divert the attention of.distrait
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Quotations
* 1908 : (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (Norton 2005, page 1238) *: I noticed that after my host had read it he seemed even more distrait and strange than before. * 1919, (Ronald Firbank), (Valmouth) , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 50 *: Seated upon the fallen hornbeam, Mrs Thoroughfare was regarding distraitly the sky. * 1996 : John Le Carré, The Tailor of Panama'' (Knopf 1996, hardback edition, page 221) "Forgive me for being a fraction ''distrait'' today. We're ''trying to prevent another war."Anagrams
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Verb
(en verb)Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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Adjective
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