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Splains vs Sprains - What's the difference?

splains | sprains |

As verbs the difference between splains and sprains

is that splains is (splain) while sprains is (sprain).

As a noun sprains is

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splains

English

Verb

(head)
  • (splain)

    • splain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To explain.
  • * 1881 Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus
    • "Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness."
  • * 1905 R. F. Foster "In Self Defence" in ''The Bookman, vol. 21.
    • "Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss."
  • * 1947 John Avery Lomax Adventures of a Ballad Hunter p. 195
    • "Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'."

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    sprains

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (sprain)

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