dispel vs drive away

dispel and drive away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dispel	No	No	Yes	No
drive away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dispel and drive away are synonyms defined as:

dispel and drive away: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Other synonyms of dispel include chase away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back.

dispel (verb)	drive away (verb)
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
to cause to separate and go in different directions