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chase away vs banish

banish vs chase away

chase away and banish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chase away No No Yes No
banish No No Yes No
As verbs, banish is a hyponym of chase away; that is, banish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chase away:
  • chase away: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  • banish: drive away
Other hyponyms of chase away include fire, clear the air, shoo, shoo away, shoo off.
chase away (verb) banish (verb)
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings drive away
expel, as if by official decree
expel from a community or group
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Difference between chase away and banish

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