Splain vs Sprain - What's the difference?
splain | sprain |
(slang) To explain.
* 1881 Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus
* 1905 R. F. Foster "In Self Defence" in ''The Bookman, vol. 21.
* 1947 John Avery Lomax Adventures of a Ballad Hunter p. 195
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
As verbs the difference between splain and sprain
is that splain is to explain while sprain is to weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.As a noun sprain is
the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.splain
English
Verb
(en verb)- "Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness."
- "Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss."
- "Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'."
