Sains vs Pains - What's the difference?
sains | pains |
(sain)
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(archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
To make the sign of the cross.
(archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.
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(used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
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As verbs the difference between sains and pains
is that sains is (sain) while pains is (pain).As a noun pains is
.sains
English
Verb
(head)sain
English
Verb
(en verb)- 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
- The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.
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pains
English
Noun
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.