different between derail vs derain

English

Etymology

From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???e?l/, /?di???e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

derail (plural derails)

1. A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.

   The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.

2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.

Verb

derail (third-person singular simple present derails, present participle derailing, simple past and past participle derailed)

1. (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.

2. (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To deviate from the previous course or direction.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:derail.

Synonyms

• unrail

Derived terms

• derailment

Translations

Anagrams

• Adriel, Dariel, Lérida, dialer, earlid, laired, railed, re-laid, redial, relaid

English

Etymology 1

See deraign.

Verb

derain (third-person singular simple present derains, present participle deraining, simple past and past participle derained)

1. (law, transitive) Obsolete spelling of deraign

Etymology 2

From de- +? rain. Compare deraining (noun).

Verb

derain (third-person singular simple present derains, present participle deraining, simple past and past participle derained)

1. (machine learning) To remove rain from an image.

Translations

Related terms

Anagrams

• Dairen, Darien, Denair, Draine, Raiden, denari, draine, indear, rained, read in, readin'