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chase away vs shoo away

shoo away vs chase away

chase away and shoo away both are verbs.

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

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