disband vs dispel

disband and dispel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disband	No	No	Yes	No
dispel	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dispel is a hypernym of disband; that is, dispel is a word with a broader meaning than disband:

Other hypernyms of disband include break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter.

disband (verb)	dispel (verb)
stop functioning or cohering as a unit	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
cause to break up or cease to function	to cause to separate and go in different directions