get rid of vs dispose

dispose vs get rid of

get rid of and dispose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get rid of	No	No	Yes	No
dispose	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dispose is a hyponym of get rid of; that is, dispose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than get rid of:

get rid of: dispose of
dispose: throw or cast away

Other hyponyms of get rid of include cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, slough off, comb out, weed out, work off, cull, ditch, dump, unmuzzle, de-aerate, deaerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, defat, defibrinate, degrease, delist, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, desulphurize, detick, devein, fettle, flesh, flense, kern, pith, scum, unbridle.

get rid of (verb)	dispose (verb)
terminate, end, or take out	make fit or prepared
dispose of	make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
do away with	place or put in a particular order
	throw or cast away
	give, sell, or transfer to another

Difference between get rid of and dispose

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