run off vs drive away

run off and drive away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
run off	No	No	Yes	No
drive away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, run off and drive away are synonyms defined as:

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

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

run off (verb)	drive away (verb)
decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
reproduce by xerography
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
run away secretly with one's beloved
run off as waste