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What's the difference between strain and drain? What's the difference between strain and drain?

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It depends on the context? If you are talking about liquids then straining means to filter out solid objects or particles from the liquid. To drain a liquid means to empty whatever container you have of that liquid.
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Strain = Exerting a harmful pressure on something. Drain = Gradual depletion of something.

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