scoff vs dismiss

scoff is a noun but dismiss is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scoff	Yes	No	Yes	No
dismiss	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dismiss is a hypernym of scoff; that is, dismiss is a word with a broader meaning than scoff:

Other hypernyms of scoff include brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside.

scoff (noun)	dismiss (noun)
showing your contempt by derision

scoff (verb)	dismiss (verb)
laugh at with contempt and derision	declare void
treat with contemptuous disregard	bar from attention or consideration
	end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
	cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
	stop associating with