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drive off vs clear the air

clear the air vs drive off

drive off and clear the air both are verbs.

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

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