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dispel vs clear the air

clear the air vs dispel

dispel and clear the air both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dispel No No Yes No
clear the air No No Yes No
As verbs, clear the air is a hyponym of dispel; that is, clear the air is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dispel:
  • dispel: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  • clear the air: dispel differences or negative emotions
Other hyponyms of dispel include fire, banish, shoo, shoo away, shoo off.
dispel (verb) clear the air (verb)
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings dispel differences or negative emotions
to cause to separate and go in different directions
Difference between dispel and clear the air

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