Detract vs. Distract

Detractverb

(intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove.

Detractverb

(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.

Detractverb

To take away; to withdraw.

Detractverb

To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

Detractverb

To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; - often with from.

Detractverb

take away a part from; diminish;

Detractverb

diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

Detractverb

take away (a specified amount) from the worth or value of a quality or achievement

Detractverb

cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from

Distractverb

(transitive) To divert the attention of.

Distractverb

(transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.

Distractadjective

(obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.

Distractadjective

(obsolete) Insane; mad.

Distractadjective

Separated; drawn asunder.

Distractadjective

Insane; mad.

Distractverb

To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

Distractverb

To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

Distractverb

To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Distractverb

To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; - most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

Distractverb

draw someone's attention away from something;

Distractverb

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

Distractverb

prevent (someone) from concentrating on something

Distractverb

divert (attention) from something

Distractverb

divert one's attention from something unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable

Distractverb

perplex and bewilder