dispel vs drive off

dispel and drive off both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

dispel (verb)	drive off (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