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chase away vs shoo

shoo vs chase away

chase away and shoo both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chase away No No Yes No
shoo No No Yes No
As verbs, shoo is a hyponym of chase away; that is, shoo 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
  • shoo: drive away by crying `shoo!'
Other hyponyms of chase away include fire, clear the air, banish, shoo away, shoo off.
chase away (verb) shoo (verb)
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings drive away by crying `shoo!'
Difference between chase away and shoo

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