The difference between Detrain and Entrain

When used as verbs, detrain means to exit from a train, whereas entrain means to draw along as a current does.


check bellow for the other definitions of Detrain and Entrain

  1. Detrain as a verb (rail transport, intransitive):

    To exit from a train; to disembark

    Examples:

    "If you plan to detrain at the next stop, please begin gathering your belongings."

  2. Detrain as a verb (rail transport, transitive):

    to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.

    Examples:

    "Following the accident passengers were detrained through the rear cab"

  3. Detrain as a verb (of an athlete):

    to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.

  1. Entrain as a verb:

    To draw along as a current does.

    Examples:

    "water entrained by steam"

  2. Entrain as a verb (chemistry):

    To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid.

  3. Entrain as a verb (mathematics):

    To set up or propagate a signal, such as an oscillation.

  4. Entrain as a verb (figuratively):

    To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.

  5. Entrain as a verb (neurobiology):

    To become trained or conditioned in a pattern of brain behavior.

  1. Entrain as a verb (poetic, intransitive):

    To get into or board a railway train.

  2. Entrain as a verb (transitive):

    To put aboard a railway train.

    Examples:

    "to entrain a regiment"

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