congee vs dismission

congee and dismission both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congee	Yes	No	Yes	No
dismission	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dismission is a hypernym of congee; that is, dismission is a word with a broader meaning than congee:

congee: an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
dismission: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Other hypernyms of congee include discharge, dismissal, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking.

congee (noun)	dismission (noun)
formal permission to depart	the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal	official notice that you have been fired from your job
(architecture) a concave molding
a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast

congee (verb)	dismission (verb)
perform a ceremonious bow
depart after obtaining formal permission