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Derailment vs Tangentiality - What's the difference?

derailment | tangentiality |

As nouns the difference between derailment and tangentiality

is that derailment is the action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs while tangentiality is a mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.

derailment

English

(wikipedia derailment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs
  • (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.

    • tangentiality

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.