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drive away vs shoo away

shoo away vs drive away

drive away and shoo away both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drive away No No Yes No
shoo away No No Yes No
As verbs, shoo away is a hyponym of drive away; that is, shoo away is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drive away:
  • drive away: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  • shoo away: drive away by crying `shoo!'
Other hyponyms of drive away include fire, clear the air, banish, shoo, shoo off.
drive away (verb) shoo away (verb)
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings drive away by crying `shoo!'
Difference between drive away and shoo away

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