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drive out vs clear the air

clear the air vs drive out

drive out and clear the air both are verbs.

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

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