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drive out vs shoo away

shoo away vs drive out

drive out and shoo away both are verbs.

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

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