drive away vs dispel

drive away and dispel both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

drive away (verb)	dispel (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