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Sprain vs Spraint - What's the difference?

sprain | spraint |

As nouns the difference between sprain and spraint

is that sprain is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist while spraint is misspelling of sprained.

As a verb 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.

sprain

English

(wikipedia sprain)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.

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    spraint

    English

    (wikipedia spraint)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of otter dung. Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.
    • In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.
    Figure 1 shows a photograph of an Otter spraint.

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