drive off vs dispel

drive off and dispel both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

drive off (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