sprain

As verbs the difference between sprain and fracture

is that 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 while fracture is .

As a noun sprain

is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

As nouns the difference between sprain and wound

is that sprain is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist while wound is an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

As verbs the difference between sprain and wound

is that 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 while wound is to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin or wound can be (wind).

As a noun sprain is

the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

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.

As nouns the difference between sprain and pull

is that sprain is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist while pull is an act of pulling (applying force.

As verbs the difference between sprain and pull

is that 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 while pull is to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

As nouns the difference between sprain and groin

is that sprain is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist while groin is the crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

As verbs the difference between sprain and groin

is that 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 while groin is to deliver a blow to the genitals or groin can be to grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

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.

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.

As verbs the difference between limp and sprain

is that limp is to happen; befall; chance or limp can be to be inadequate or unsatisfactory or limp can be to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg 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 nouns the difference between limp and sprain

is that limp is a scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging or limp can be an irregular, jerky or awkward gait while sprain is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

As an adjective limp

is flaccid; flabby, as flesh.