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9 Jan 2018
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What is the difference between detract and distract ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between detract and distract ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
To be distracted is to have your attention taken away from something
To detract is to take away something such as statement
- Bulgarian
@Brianna626 Thanks for the explanation! One more question: can I use say "detract someone's attention" as in "detract the public's attention from"?
- English (US)
No you can you distracted a person or crowd not detract
- English (US)
You can detract a statement or someone can detract a thing from you
- Bulgarian
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