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deprive vs dispossess

dispossess vs deprive

deprive and dispossess both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deprive No No Yes No
dispossess No No Yes No
As verbs, dispossess is a hyponym of deprive; that is, dispossess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deprive:
  • deprive: take away possessions from someone
  • dispossess: deprive of the possession of real estate
Other hyponyms of deprive include disarm, unarm, expropriate, clean, clean out, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave.
deprive (verb) dispossess (verb)
take away deprive of the possession of real estate
keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
take away possessions from someone
Difference between deprive and dispossess

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